Darwin might have doubled down in light of a new discovery: Meet Clistopyga crassicaudata, an Amazonian wasp that’s only 9.8 millimeters long, yet armed with a hellacious-looking stinger that ...

Researchers have discovered a terrifying new species of wasp, whose stinger they describe as being ‘like a fierce weapon.’ The team, from the University of Turku in Finland, found the species ...

As we are now in the thick of the wasp season, it may interest some of the readers of NATURE to know that cocaine is a remedy for wasp or bee stings. It acts apparently not only as a temporary ...

Stonefish stings can cause intense pain, ragged breathing, cardiovascular damage, and dizziness. Bee and wasp stingers also work like hypodermics, but they’re actually modified ovipositors ...

Sugiura and his colleagues confirmed a hunch: Male wasps used sharp stingers mounted on their genitalia to shield themselves from being eaten, similar to protective mechanisms used by females.