Mantises are one of the most efficient hunters in the animal kingdom. Between their ambush skills and camouflage, not to mention the speed with which they strike, many targeted insects do not know ...

Seeing a wasp is one thing, but noticing an entire nest on your property takes it to another level — because the reality is, getting stung by any flying creature is the opposite of fun. Wasps tend to ...

These variegated, collaged-looking nests — fetching up to $250 each — are a recent fixation in interior design. Indoors, a wasp nest can look like a sculpture that both “elevates living spaces” and ...

This guy wanted to remove a wasp nest in the backyard with a plastic bag. However, when he attempted to place the nest into the bag, he started to get attacked by wasps. While he was trying to get ...

I’d like to get some information on wasps. Should I automatically destroy any nests I find? I seem to remember that wasps pollinate flowers. I’ve also read that some wasps eliminate garden pests. — ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As word spreads about the discovery of radioactive wasp nests at a South Carolina nuclear weapons complex, some researchers and environmental activists are urging the government to ...

Some of the most toxic nuclear waste in the world is stored in dozens of huge tanks first installed in the 1950s at the Savannah River Site atomic weapons complex near Aiken. Radioactive wasp nests ...

The first radioactive nest was reported in early July. Several radioactive wasp nests have been found in South Carolina at a site that used to produce parts for nuclear weapons, according to officials ...

Four radioactive wasp nests were discovered at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. The first nest was destroyed, and the wasps were disposed of as radioactive waste. The DOE asserts ...

Wasps living around a Cold War-era nuclear facility in South Carolina have built at least four radioactive nests, raising questions about their source of hazardous material and the extent of ...