ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Though paper wasps have brains less than a millionth the size of humans', they have evolved specialized face-learning abilities analogous to the system used by humans, according to ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Wasps and humans don’t have much in common, but a University study published yesterday in the ...

In a series of studies over more than 20 years, evolutionary biologists have demonstrated that paper wasps, despite their tiny brains, have an impressive capacity to learn, remember and make social ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Just as humans are challenged from the social isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a new study finds that a solitary lifestyle has profound effects on the brains of a social ...

Insect insight Primates have a face recognition system that enables them to distinguish between individuals, and now it seems that some wasps do too. But the new study has also found that wasps are ...