If you feel like you’re swatting away more wasps than usual this summer, well, so are we! As the UK swelters through its fourth heatwave, the combination of hot, dry weather and peak nest season ...

Wasps sting first and ask questions later—or so it seems. PETBOOK editor and biologist Saskia Schneider explains why this is the case. When we talk about wasps, we mainly mean the German wasp, Vespula ...

Few people are likely pleased when wasps join them. They nibble on food uninvited, buzz close to the body, and sting if they perceive us as a threat. No, wasps are truly bothersome—at least to humans.