From the spring, queen wasps emerge from hibernation and worker wasps build nests and search for food during the warmer months. They also become more noticeable in late summer as they actively ...

It’s the season for cicadas again, and this year Oklahoma is going to miss the major brood birth, which will occur around the Kentucky and Tennessee, biologists say. Kelly Agnew, a Tulsa biologist who ...

Wasps have four stages in their life cycle: Each wasp colony is started up by a queen. During the winter, the queen goes into hibernation. Once the queen awakens from hibernation, the nest’s ...

Similar to other wasps, a colony of European hornets lasts about one year. In spring, a queen emerges from her winter hibernation spot, starts a small nest, lays eggs, and raises sterile daughter ...

We carry around a lot of assumptions about animals, often shaped by old stories, cartoons, or scenes in movies. Some of these ...

MAMMALS come in all sizes from the largest of all, blue whales, to the smallest like the Least shrew. Whales are entirely ...

JULIO CHINAZZO/Shutterstock.com Each wasp colony is started up by a queen. During the winter, the queen goes into hibernation. Once the queen awakens from hibernation, the nest’s life cycle begins.

Animals must begin migration before conditions have deteriorated where they are, or they will miss the optimal conditions at ...

The wasp species Vespula shidai has long been reared for its edible larvae, a delicacy in central Japan.The rural woodlands of Japan which these wasps inhabit are areas of high biodiversity ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Warmer weather often brings out lots of insects in the garden, including wasps. If you’re enjoying BBQs outside or have little ones ...