The Northern giant hornet is the world's largest known hornet measuring 1.5–2 inches in length. It has a head as wide as its shoulders, where the wings and legs are located, or wider, and it is ...

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

Giant hornets that have entered what entomologists call the “slaughter phase” will decapitate bee after bee to feed their innards to young hornet larvae back at the nest. S.

The giant hornet’s range—how far it might travel from a nest—is not really known, says Buffington. It’s also unknown whether it could survive extreme cold or extreme heat.

The northern giant hornet, which used to be referred to as the Asian giant hornet or murder hornet, is native to Asia and was first found in the U.S. in Blaine near the U.S.-Canadian border in 2019.

The giant hornet generated national fear and concern when the wasps were discovered in the Pacific Northwest in late 2019, with nests found a year later. North Carolina, ...

The Asian giant hornet, popularly known as the murder hornet, is getting a new moniker. This week, the Entomological Society of America announced that it will officially adopt the term “northern ...

Northern giant hornet. Known as the species V. mandarinia , the Northern giant hornet is native to Japan and India. It’s an uncommon hornet in the U.S. but was recently found in Washington State ...

Giant hornets, dubbed "murder hornets," have been eradicated in the U.S., five years after the invasive species was first detected in Washington state.