If you find a paper wasp nest near your home, what you should do next is largely dependent on its location, size, and the specific species you identify.

While there’s no cure-all for preventing wasps from moving into your birdhouse, you can try these tips: Make birdhouses ...

Small, umbrella-shaped nests begin to show up in places such as under eaves or deck railing. “As soon as the weather turns ...

After 40 years in the RV park business, Teri Blaschki has learned to live with and even love paper wasps, stings and all. “I’ve been stung by them many, many times. It’s just what they do,” said ...

A few wasps near the patio. One buzzing past at a barbecue. That’s easy to brush off. But those small moments can point to a much larger issue already forming nearby.

Pictured here is a red paper wasp, one of 22 species of paper wasps known to exist in North America. Paper wasps are so called because they build paper nests. I once observed one carefully cutting ...

Summer is approaching in the northern hemisphere, heralding the return of that great scourge of al fresco diners everywhere: the wasp. Now, a new study out of the University of Michigan reveals that ...

A study of the correlation between environmental variables such as latitude and body size in paper wasps (genus Polistes) by a group of Brazilian researchers concludes that the nearer the habitat of a ...

In a series of studies over more than 20 years, evolutionary biologists have demonstrated that paper wasps, despite their tiny brains, have an impressive capacity to learn, remember and make social ...

Falsely advertising one's fighting ability might seem like a good strategy for a wimp who wants to come off as a toughie, but in paper wasp societies, such deception is discouraged through punishment, ...