Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

The wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis proves that nature’s creativity in predation and survival strategies has been at play for ...

Paleontologists discovered a 99-million-year-old wasp, Sirenobethylus charybdis, in Kachin amber, Myanmar. Its unusual hairy ...

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...

"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism, ...

A newly identified wasp that buzzed among the dinosaurs had a bit of a unique way of catching prey. Researchers studied 16 ...

Scientists uncover a 99-million-year-old wasp trapped in amber, featuring a terrifying Venus flytrap-like abdomen used to ...