The Asian giant hornet first made waves this spring when it appeared in the United States. Discovered in Washington State, some dubbed it the murder hornet, but since then, entomologists have been ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A giant killer hornet war is waged between two colonies, and the resources, territories, and survival of a new generation are at stake. Watch the ...

Honeybees face numerous enemies throughout their relatively short lives. Pesticides, starvation, and parasites are three common causes of the death of a colony. However, there is one other threat that ...

Hornet attacks have long been a fact of life in China’s Shaanxi province, but the situation is worsening to an alarming degree. Authorities say that 41 people have been killed and 1,600 injured by ...

Northern giant hornets, also known as murder hornets, incite fear in many. These venomous hornets can take out an entire hive of honey bees in a matter of hours. A single sting can kill a mammal many ...

A researcher found that a Japanese pond frog is impervious to the stings of the northern giant hornet, even when it goes down the hatch. By Jack Tamisiea A northern giant hornet does not look like it ...

In a new study, 79 percent of black-spotted pond frogs successfully consumed the northern giant hornet. Shinji Sugiura / Kobe University For a mouse several times its size, a sting from the “murder ...

Giant hornets are typically not a force to be reckoned with. With size and a venomous sting capable of taking down a human on their side, there’s a good reason why they’re often called “murder hornets ...