Bug experts are dismissing as media hype the recent worry about so-called murder hornets spotted in Washington state. They say despite its homicidal nickname and this week's headlines, the Asian giant ...

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 ...

A single hornet sting can be powerful enough to kill a small mammal. But to pond frogs, the venomous insects appear to be more of a delicacy. In results reported in Ecosphere, ecologists found that ...

The world's largest hornet has been spotted in Washington state. State officials there are working to prevent it from spreading after they confirmed multiple reports of it being there. Some ...

BLAINE, Wash. — Entomologists have confirmed the first sighting of a live Asian giant hornet in Washington state in 2021. The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) says the insect, ...