A student on a Texas university campus made a unique discovery — a creature with a “goldenrod color” and “dark brown markings” — that turned out to be a new species of wasps ...

It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi and other species they discovered in the past 12 months. Here are a few of ...

WICHITA FALLS, Texas— Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the Texas kangaroo rat as an endangered species. The agency ...

In another significant study, the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Druon was re-established, introducing five new species and revising the classification of several others previously placed in ...

But genetic testing shows they're actually four species, including one that is a bit bigger than the other three and lives in a part of northeastern South America called the Guiana Shield — the ...

Eucalyptus gall wasps, particularly species like Leptocybe invasa and Glycaspis brimblecombei, have emerged as significant pests affecting eucalyptus plantations worldwide. These invasive species ...

Dr Gavin Broad, wasp expert at the Museum, uncovers the eccentricities of this small but sinister creature. Tarantula hawks can reach up to 11 centimetres long. There are 133 known species and they ...