Scientists have discovered a new species and entire subgenus of blue mining bee in the southern plains, known for its unique ...

Rusty patched bumble bees' thorax, or the area between the neck and abdomen, is mostly yellow. It also has a black spot or band between the wings that may extend toward the back in a v-shape ...

Carpenter bees also have yellow markings and black circles on the thorax and large jaws, which allow them to chew through wood to make holes and build their nests.

Thought to have arrived in France in 2004, carried over from China in a box of ceramics, the Asian hornet has caused major ...

Wildthings columnist Eric Brown turns the spotlight on wildlife leaving the shadows for a last-minute autumn food-gathering frenzy before ...

When it comes to stinging insects, wasps are some of the most feared creatures out there. Unlike honeybees, which can only sting once, most wasps can sting multiple times, injecting painful venom with ...

Think honey bees, silk moths, fruit flies ... So they built a robot, a robot that could fly thanks to a gas-operated motor in the thorax that would run through the body and glass beads for eyes that ...

“You are keeping all four wings together, and you are holding them either at their thorax [the middle part ... including about moths, bees and bats. Master Naturalist Nancy Chapman said people ...

Nobody wants wasps hovering over them -- or worse, finding their way into your home. While using salt can kill them, there's ...

Ashy mining bee on flower. Getty Images A black and greyish bee the size of a honey bee. Both sexes have a band of greyish hairs at the top and bottom of the thorax, and a patch of grey hairs on the ...