Biological control using insect parasitoids is an effective strategy for managing agricultural pests. Parasitoids are organisms that live on or in a host organism, ultimately leading to the host's ...

Parasitoid wasps, a megadiverse group within the insect order Hymenoptera, are essential for maintaining ecological balance and pest control. Parasitoids attack and kill an astonishing range of ...

Demi Moore laid down the law on how to pronounce her name — and it turns out fans have had it wrong this whole time. The movie star, 62, addressed the name debacle during an appearance on ...

In other cases, parasites can kill their host. Perhaps the most gruesome type of parasite, parasitoids, kill their hosts in order to reproduce. The disturbing chest-bursting scene from the 1979 ...

The timing of singing (the “-” arrow of natural selection) may reduce the cost of deadly parasitism specifically. Males that coexist with eavesdropping parasitoids shift their singing time to avoid ...

Another insect from Houston, C. susbelli is a small parasitoid wasp that was discovered flying around Rice University campus. It’s as if the critter was just waiting to be discovered. Parasitoid wasps ...