The ancient world ... in the journal BMC Biology. They’ve named the wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis—a reference to the famous female sea monster of ancient Greek legend. The bug and its unique ...

Ultimately, the widespread occurrence of SSSB in mammals, especially primates, strongly suggests that such behaviors are ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped ... partly for the sea monster from Greek mythology that stirred up wild whirlpools by swallowing and expelling water. The new study was published in the journal BMC ...

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to researchers.

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped abdominal setup similar to the leaves of a Venus flytrap. The paddle-like lower ...

The medieval Islamic mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al Haytham (965 – c. 1040) lived in Cairo, Egypt, during the ...

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilize their prey. Research ...