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 ...

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 ...

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 ...