Social wasps build nests from chewed wood fibers mixed with saliva, creating a durable, paper-like structure made up of tightly packed hexagonal cells. Each cell houses a developing wasp — starting as ...

When a queen wasp suddenly disappears, her colony doesn’t calmly choose a successor — it erupts into chaos. Researchers found that female wasps immediately begin battling for power, shattering the ...

The post When Wasps Lose Their Queen, a Secret Group Saves the Colony appeared first on A-Z Animals. For some species, war seems inevitable. When a community loses a powerful leader, it creates a ...

The leader is dead, triggering a bitter power struggle between rival factions bent on seizing control. Meanwhile, the ordinary subjects carry on with their everyday tasks and keep society functioning.