An American man and his teenage son have died after they were stung by a swarm of wasps while ziplining in Laos last month.

Giulia Carbonaro is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on the U.S. economy, housing market, property insurance market, local and national politics. She has previously extensively ...

One wasp sting can ruin a summer afternoon-but more than 100 can end a life in minutes. That grim reality struck on Oct. 15 in Laos, when American educator Dan Owen and his teenage son Cooper were ...

Most people recognize a wasp as those stripy insects that ruin our summer picnics. They live in huge societies, much the same as the honeybee. You might even have a nest in your loft or shed. But ...

Insects seem to be the main pest at the Possum’s counter this week. Armyworms, chinch bugs, fleas, roaches (hey, it is Charleston, they like the world’s best city also) and mosquitoes have been ...

Asian wasps that hijack stink bug eggs for their own young are being eyed as the answer to the destructive pest that is threatening crops across Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region. Kim Hoelmer, the ...