Wildlife

Wasp “Super Nests”

Yellow jacket wasps in Alabama may be in the midst of a colossal craze; they're making humongous "super nests" that can house 15,000 worker wasps, according to an entomologist there. That's three to four times the size of typical wasp nests, which are the size of a volleyball and house about 4,000 to 5,000 workers.

It's likely because Alabama had a warmer than usual mild winter and there's plenty of food for these hungry insects, which usually don't survive the cold winter months.