It's Halloween, so prepare to be terrified. And no, this column has nothing to do with Open Enrollment Season. Instead, it relates to the emerald cockroach wasp, a wisp of an insect that you may have ...

If you loathe cockroaches, you’re going to love the emerald jewel wasp. Females of the species Ampulex compressa, known also as emerald cockroach wasps, are less than an inch long and decked out in ...

The species is described as having a blue-green body with a “purple luster,” researchers said. Photo by Charlie Chi via Unsplash In nature, animal parents can range from being doting and ...

A group of 300 museum visitors voted to name a new species of cockroach wasps the Ampulex Dementor. The name is inspired by the Dementors from the magical world of Harry Potter, Mugglenet reports. The ...

At a glance, it resembles a creepy, crawly black spider — but with wings. Your first instinct upon finding one in your home may be to flatten it. Once you discover that it comes from a family of ...

In nature, animal parents can range from being doting and self-sacrificing to threatening or absent entirely. Driven by instinct, some species have developed effective yet bizarre ways to ensure their ...