Oak galls are the result of gall wasps. Inside the galls are the insect's eggs and larvae. When the eggs are first laid, the ...

Children and scientists discover how wasps trick ants into protecting their larvae, changing our understanding of nature's ...

Hugo’s father, Andrew Deans, a professor of entomology at Penn State, identified the objects as oak galls – abnormal plant growths induced by certain wasp species. This simple observation has ...

Cuvier on field cirsium Cynips gallæ-tinctoriæ Olivier, Cynips polycera Giraud, Cynips quercus-folii Linnæus (Cynips quercusterminalis) = Biorhiza pallida Olivier, Cynips quercustozæ Bosc, Pemphigus ...

The most important texts in western history - including the Magna Carta, Newton's theories and Mozart's music - were written using oak gall ink. It was the standard writing and drawing ink in ...