Northern giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia), also known as Asian giant hornets, are an invasive species in North America but ...

When news of the Asian giant hornets’ arrival first broke in 2019, one of the people who was not at all surprised at a foreign species was entomologist Doug Yanega of the University of Californi ...

An invasive hornet species slaughters honeybees, can be deadly to humans and – unfortunately – has been spotted in the United States. A small number of Asian giant hornet sightings in the ...

As its name suggests, the Asian hornet’s origin is southeast Asia, where it exists in various colour forms and co-exists with ...

Asian hornets, a separate and smaller species than the Asian giant hornet recently found in the United States, are a damaging invasive species in France, where they prey on honey bees. Asian ...

The ESA adopted the name “northern giant hornet” for the species in its Common Names of Insects database. Since all wasps are native to Asia, the name Asian giant hornet does not convey unique ...

There is concern that Asian hornets could become established in the UK following a series of sightings including one in ...

The first confirmed sighting this year was by a beekeeper in Oswestry, Shropshire, who found a single yellow-legged hornet in ...

“Murder hornets,” a popular and menacing nickname for Asian giant hornets, are the largest species of hornet on Earth. They were first spotted in the U.S. in 2020. Could there be any in North ...

On Monday, the Entomological Society of America announced that it has adopted a new name for the Asian giant hornet, stating that the species Vespa mandarinia will be known as the northern giant ...

but a native species − have been misidentified as the "murder hornet" from another continent. But so far Asian giant hornets, recently renamed the northern giant hornet, have yet to be formally ...