Environmental adventures can await just outside your own door. My wife and I recently had a spectacular wildlife encounter on our front porch. Hanging from the ceiling was the longest wasp found in ...

A fear of wasps is relatively common among many. If it’s not the anticipatory buzz of nearby wings that gets you, it’s the thought of the giant stinger they wield. But what about their size? Compared ...

Whenever I asked students to tell me how insects were ecologically important, two of the most common responses were “as plant pollinators” and “some insects were vectors/carriers of diseases.” It ...

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