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

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

Seven Asian giant hornets have been found in the United States since 2019, all in Washington state. Nicknamed "murder hornets," the species is the largest hornet in the world, and native to much ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two new specimens of Asian giant hornet have turned up in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting that the invasive species made it through the winter despite efforts last year to stamp out the menace ...

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 ...

Its capture came weeks before entomologists expected males of the species to emerge. The Asian giant hornet (colloquially known as a “murder hornet”) was collected from a bottle trap near ...

“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 ...

Agricultural officials in Washington state have trapped the first male Asian giant hornet to be found in the United States so far. The capture of the invasive species, popularly known as the ...