As it happens, velvet ants, known colloquially to Brazilians as “sorcerer ants,” are actually a type of wasp, but the females, which are wingless, give the creatures their name. And ...

Scientists found that the dark markings on a species of fluffy wasp reflected less than 1 percent of light. By Katrina Miller The first thing to understand about velvet ants is that they are not ...

While bees and ants might have the benefit of a colony to help develop their intelligence, tarantula hawk wasp mothers have to do it alone. Their particular brand of smarts involves finding and ...