Tag: Wasps
The invasive emerald ash borer has destroyed millions of trees –...
Kristine Grayson, University of Richmond
The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green adult beetle with...
Figs show that nonnative species can invade ecosystems by forming unexpected...
Jared Bernard, University of Hawaii
While surveying the Hawaiian island of Kauai in search of invasive plants in 2017, botanist Kelsey Brock spotted something unusal:...
Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce...
Mercedes Burns, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
An Asian water dragon hatched from an egg at the Smithsonian National Zoo, and her keepers were shocked....
Do wasps have a queen like bees do?
Caralyn Zehnder, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
EXPLORING NATURE
3 years after the Marshall Fire: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can...
Colleen E. Reid, University of Colorado Boulder
Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through...
