Newly discovered 99,000,000-year-old wasp used hairy bum to trap prey
Meet Sirenobethylus charybdis, a wasp that the team half-jokingly called a ‘Cretaceous flytrap’ for its rear being shaped like the fly-gobbling plant. ‘Nothing similar is known from any other insect,’ ...
Colleges rely on federal research funding. Under Trump, its future is in doubt
After decades of partnership with the U.S. government, American colleges are facing new doubts about the future of their ...
A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
NEW YORK — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey ...