Yellowjackets are shiny yellow and black wasps about 1/2 to 5/8 inches long. They are about the size of a honey bee, but more slender, shiny, and nearly hairless. These wasps can form underground ...

While hoverflies aren't a problem, sweat bees, yellow jackets and other types of wasps are currently looking for food sources wherever they can find them as they prepare for winter, Abraham said.

The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird has a black body and yellow leg feathers. It went extinct in 1987, but a mournful call from the last-living bird has resurfaced amid an announcement from the U.S. Fish and ...