Backyards can harbor venomous creatures like scorpions, snakes, and spiders, which typically avoid humans and play vital ...

A husband and wife bought an old house in a notorious part of the city and opened it to the neighbors. Then came the challenges.

Dave Tinnes embarked on a unique journey on March 1, 2023, aiming to play catch with someone new every day for a year. This experiment ended in 2024, and Tinnes has now finished his book documenting ...

Yellow-legged hornet nests have been found in Auckland, with five confirmed detections so far. These hornets threaten biodiversity and honey bees, causing significant hive losses in Europe. Early ...

The yellow-legged hornet eats honey bees and is a cousin to the giant Asian hornet, commonly referred to as 'murder hornets.' ...

Yellow-legged hornets are an invasive predator species, and a danger to local honey and wild bees.

An American man and his teenage son have died after they were swarmed by wasps while zip-lining at an adventure camp in Laos and stung dozens of times, a hospital official said. Dan Owen, the director ...

Lepidoptera, as they are known to scientists, are familiar creatures that are not only welcome guests in many gardens, they are also essential to certain flowering species' survival.

Why do spider webs have zigzag designs? New research reveals how they act like vibration alarms to help the spider sense its ...

Biosecurity New Zealand is asking Aucklanders to remain vigilant for yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) on the North Shore. “We’ve had a fantastic response so far from the public to our request ...

What if instead of temporarily relieving your allergies with medication, you could train your immune system to stop overreacting to your allergens altogether? That's the idea behind ...