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 parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis—both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis,

A new study, published in BMC Biology, discovered prehistoric wasp preserved in amber is turning heads in the world of entomology with a rear end straight out of a science fiction movie. With a bizarre Venus flytrap-shaped abdomen,