When preying on honey bees, hornets hover outside hive entrances, waiting for tired bees to return from their foraging trips.

“It was the size of a small Volkswagen,” says entomologist Jonathan Simkins. Simkins is talking about this huge wasp nest discovered on some hunting grounds in central Florida. The biggest nest he’d ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Wasps aren’t complete villains, though, because they are potential pollinators and can help with insect ...

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely ...