An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, according to a new study published Thursday in BMC Biology. Researchers named ...

“It was very exciting, but it was also a challenge, because how can you explain how this animal worked when you ... charybdis may be the lower flap of the trap-like abdomen, which may have ...

But the design of the wasp's getup made scientists think its trap was designed to cushion, not crush. A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched ...

Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to immobilise other insects ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, ...