Paper wasps are surprisingly good at learning and remembering

The paper wasp has a tiny brain but can still learn, remember, and even form abstract concepts to tell same from different.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
July 21, 2022 ~7 min

Tiny new wasps turn up in campus oak tree

A tiny, non-stinging wasp species is the first to appear in scientific literature alongside its fully sequenced genome.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Jan. 27, 2022 ~10 min


To compare insect brains, make bug brain ‘soup’

Certain species of bees have a higher density of brain cells than even some species of birds, according to research with a new "bug brain soup" technique.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
April 21, 2021 ~10 min

New wasp may be a parasite of a parasite

Researchers have discovered a new species of wasp with a role in an insect horror story playing out on the stems and leaves of oak trees.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Oct. 28, 2020 ~10 min

These leaf droplets are great food for insects

Tiny droplets on the edges of blueberry bush leaves offer beneficial insects more than a drink, research finds.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
Sept. 29, 2020 ~4 min

Wasp nests reveal the age of ancient Aboriginal rock art

The pigment in Gwion Gwion style rock art makes radiocarbon dating impossible. Instead, researchers used mud wasp nests to date the paintings.

U. Melbourne • futurity
Feb. 14, 2020 ~3 min

Paper wasps pass logic test that honey bees flunk

Paper wasps are capable of what was a hallmark of human deductive powers: If A is greater than B, and B is greater than C, then A is greater than C.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
May 13, 2019 ~6 min

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