Asian honey bees rally against giant hornet invasions with an acoustic response that resembles the alarm shrieks of birds, ...

Hornets and bees are both feared insects for their painful stings. Both are quick-flying, hive-building insects that work ...

Fifteen-year-old Lee Ji-seop gained popularity online for feeding his queen hornet jelly by hand and training it to fly on command. A video capturing the bond between Lee and his hornet has drawn over ...

The Asian giant hornet, also known as the northern giant hornet or sparrow bee, is not the largest wasp in the world. That honor goes to the giant tarantula-hawk wasp (Pepsis heros) that can reach ...

Asian giant hornets are native to Southeast Asia. They were spotted first on this side of the Pacific Ocean in 2019 on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and first discovered in the U.S. a year ...

Asian "murder hornets", first spotted in the U.S. in 2019, haven't been confirmed in N.C., but climate change and human activity could change that.

When Asian giant hornets arrived in the Pacific Northwest in 2020, they were dubbed “murder hornets,” creating a media sensation. But the coverage of the species—native to East Asia—and ...

U.S. insect scientists chose a new, mild common name — northern giant hornet — for what’s been sensationalized as a murder hornet. Until now, less sensational scientists called it the Asian ...

Scientists announced Monday that the terrifying insects’ official moniker, “Asian giant hornet,” has been changed to “northern giant hornet” — in what they say is an effort to prevent ...

While there was no official ESA common name until now, the hornet was most often referred to as “Asian giant hornet” or “murder hornet” since its existence in North America became widely ...

Asian giant hornets, which are invasive pests not native to the U.S., prey on other insects like honeybees. A small group of hornets can wipe out a honeybee hive in just hours.

The existing names have already become part of the lexicon, with searches for “murder hornet” and “Asian giant hornet” producing 8,940,000 and 16,600,000 results on Google respectively.