Wasp intestines provide a good mating environment for the yeast that’s responsible for our wine, beer, and bread. The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week, ...

“Despite the evidence for frequent outcrossing, derived from the sequences of yeast genomes, no one knew before where outcrossing could take place,” said study coauthor Duccio Cavalieri, an associate ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 9, No. 1 (1981), pp. 65-66 (2 pages) Interference competition directed at soldier beetles, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus, by four aggressive wasp species ...

Some figs depend on wasps for pollination — but you’re probably not eating them. Here’s what to know this fig season. Fresh figs are irresistible from late summer through early fall, when trees droop ...