Topic: Research News
Scientists notice a lack of wasps in summer 2026. They think extreme weather might be to blame. Wasps play an important role in ecosystems.
Summer can be lovely, but common social wasps are also part of our season. However, this year is different - there don't seem to be many wasps around. As a wasp biologist, I've noticed it acutely because my students need wasps for their experiments, and we simply can't find them.
A second sign that something is wrong is the absence of wasp stories in the media. Wasps tend to be more active in warmer weather. Their colonies grow faster and bigger, and they end up making news headlines by bothering humans. This time last year - also a warm spring and hot summer - the media airwaves were filled with
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Scientists notice a lack of wasps in summer 2026. They think extreme weather might be to blame. Wasps play an important role in ecosystems.
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