Australia is baking through another extreme heat wave, with temperatures forecast to reach above 45°C for multiple days in a ...

We've all heard some version of this story. A bird hits an airplane, potentially leading to a serious accident. The phenomenon is so well-known it even has its own name: bird strike. But it turns out ...

The parasitic wasp will be unleashed on gall wasps in Laos if breeding in the lab is successful. Australian Center for International Agricultural Research There is a killer bug buzzing around ...

A keyhole wasp can block up an airplane's external sensor in as little as 30 minutes. House et al (2020) PLOS ONE, CC BY New research conducted at Brisbane airport shows how the invasive keyhole wasp ...

A tiny insect that evaded Australia’s strict biosecurity controls is multiplying and threatening plane safety at Brisbane Airport. Native to Central and South America and the Caribbean, the keyhole ...

Maybe they’re just not in the mood. There’s a puzzling snag in an ambitious plan to use Australian wasps to kill off a rapidly spreading bug that is literally sucking the life out of eucalyptus trees ...

Move over seagulls, aviation has a new threat — the keyhole wasp. Keyhole wasps like to build their nests in tiny holes, including the opening of devices used to measure the speed of aircrafts, ...

Imagine you are a caterpillar. You're sitting down for a nice picnic lunch with your caterpillar buddies in the shade of a eucalyptus tree, munching on the tasty leaves and joking about caterpillar ...

Keyhole wasps are notorious for building their nests in manufactured structures, and they have now been shown to do this in devices mounted to planes that are crucial for measuring airspeed during ...

Video footage has emerged showing a wasp dragging a huge huntsman spider at a backyard in, where else, Australia. The short clip shows the determined wasp hauling the spider across concrete and into ...