A wasp’s bites may be as bad as its sting. A paper wasp (Agelaia pallipes) has been caught on camera attacking and killing a baby bird in its nest, researchers report July 13 in Ethology. The video ...

The discovery of a radioactive wasp nest at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina, was reported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on July 22. The contamination level of the nest was ...

Wasps living around a Cold War-era nuclear facility in South Carolina have built at least four radioactive nests, raising questions about their source of hazardous material and the extent of ...

In early July, a wasp nest with a radiation level 10 times what is allowed by federal regulations was found inside the grounds of a sprawling Cold War-era nuclear site in South Carolina that today ...

Four radioactive wasp nests were discovered at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. The first nest was destroyed, and the wasps were disposed of as radioactive waste. The DOE asserts ...