Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine a predator that doesn’t just kill its prey, but performs a high-stakes “brain surgery” to turn it into a willing servant.

If you loathe cockroaches, you’re going to love the emerald jewel wasp. Females of the species Ampulex compressa, known also as emerald cockroach wasps, are less than an inch long and decked out in ...

In the quiet hum of a lab, scientists have found an unexpected ally in the fight to understand aging—a tiny, jewel-toned wasp. With its shimmering metallic body and short life, Nasonia vitripennis, ...

Scientists discovered that jewel wasp larvae that undergo a developmental "pause" live longer and age more slowly at the molecular level by nearly 30%. This slowdown is tied to conserved biological ...

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