One of only two plants worldwide that actively trap animal prey, the flytrap ... goddess Venus (some believe this was a bawdy anatomical pun about the plant’s half-closed leaves and red insides ...

Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their eggs in the nests of their hosts) and bethylid wasps (which paralyze their ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, ...

My brain is struggling to grapple with the latest addition to this otherworldly image, however, as scientists have revealed to the world amber fossils of a wasp that was basically wearing a Venus ...

Scientists have discovered a extinct parasitic wasp with an abdomen that worked like a Venus flytrap inside a 99-million-year ...

But the Carolinas are home to one vicious vegetable: The Venus flytrap. Using its famous trap ... possibly lured by the bright-red hue or fragrant scent. Or maybe they're just unlucky.

Analysis of wasps trapped in amber has revealed that the insect ensnared hosts for its larvae with an alluring, Venus flytrap-style butt. Named Sirenobethylus charybdis, the insect is known from ...

An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to researchers.

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of ...

Specimens of Sirenobethylus charybdis, or S. charybdis, named after the Greek mythological sea monster Charybdis, would use their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to capture and immobilize their prey ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey, scientists reported Wednesday. The parasitic wasp's abdomen ...