Yellowjackets are a specific type of social wasp known for their black and yellow stripes and aggressive behavior, particularly around their nests and sugary foods. They are a common nuisance at ...

A single sting is painful, but multiple stings — often from worker hornets defending their hornet nest — can be fatal. Yellow jackets are some of the most aggressive wasps and are responsible ...

Astronomers discovered the exoplanet in 2016, a gas giant that’s slightly larger than Jupiter with a fraction of its mass, ...

Yellow jackets (which include bald-faced hornets) and paper wasps are two types of social wasps found in Minnesota. Honeybees and bumblebees are social bees found in Minnesota. Wasps commonly nest ...

In the spiny desert, an otherworldly ecosystem in the deep south, I learned to break into a sprint whenever I heard anything remotely resembling a buzz, for it usually belonged to a yellow wasp ...

Social wasps such as the hornets and yellow-jackets live in colonies similar to those of honey bees and ants Yellow-jackets (Vespula vulgaris) are the size of honey bees, with black and bright ...