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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

The wasp's structure resembles a Venus flytrap, believed to have been used to hold prey still while laying eggs. The analysis sheds light on parasitic wasp evolution, showing advanced prey capture ...

An ancient wasp may have used an odd structure at its rear end to capture insects and lay its eggs on or inside of them, according to a new study published Thursday in BMC Biology. Researchers named ...

The previously unknown species, now named Sirenobethylus charybdis, had a Venus flytrap-like structure on its abdomen that could have allowed it to trap other insects, the researchers reported ...