Zombies are real – not in the walking dead sense, but there are parasites that can hack the brains of living creatures and ...

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In botanical terms, plant parasites are classified a bit differently than the aforementioned parasitic animals. Botanists ...

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

Growing up in Thailand’s northeastern Isan region, Suwimon Chantajohn learned from her grandfather which insects were best to eat. Captivated by his stories of surviving on bugs during his ...

Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...

"Nothing similar is known from any other insect." Researchers have discovered an extinct parasitic wasp preserved in amber ...

Entomophobia is an irrational and persistent fear of bugs. Those with a fear of insects may go to great lengths to avoid them, or they will experience significant distress when encountering an insect.

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, ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among ... on its abdomen that could have allowed it to trap other insects, the researchers reported Thursday in the journal BMC Biology.