A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...

Bee sting Bees do not bite — but they sting. A bee or wasp sting can leave a red, painful, itchy bump that may swell and grow larger within a few hours. Most bees are not aggressive, and only ...

Despite its name, the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) is not only implicated in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare genetic disease characterized by low platelet count, eczema and recurrent ...

The outside world was too dangerous for me. The issue started with a seemingly innocuous wasp sting. I became a prisoner in my own home after getting stung in 2018, when I was 36 years old.

Paper wasps come in a rainbow of colors, including red, yellow, black ... and mud daubers. They sting and paralyze prey with their venom but rarely sting humans. Mud daubers come in black and ...

Wondering what’s worse, the sting of a fire ant or warrior wasp? You’ve come to the right place. Entomologist Justin Schmidt recorded his own experience of venomous stings, to rate and describe the ...