The insects — more formally known as northern giant hornets — posed a significant threat to honey bees and other native insects in the Pacific Northwest. They can kill an entire hive in as little as ...
To discover how this nuclease is able to kill a wasp egg, the UC Berkeley researchers reached out to István Andó at the Institute of Genetics of the HUN-REN Biological Research Center in Szeged ...
The hornets, which can be 2 inches (5 cm) long and were formerly called Asian giant hornets, gained attention in 2013 when they killed 42 people in China and seriously injured 1,675.
Three specimens were found on Vancouver Island at the time, after which the killer hornets spread. All known nests have now been gradually destroyed. It is still unclear how the animals arrived in ...
Five years after the first sighting in Washington state, intense efforts have eradicated the bee-killing hornets from the nation Shi En Kim Reporter The invasive northern giant hornet, also called ...
The United States has successfully eradicated the invasive northern giant hornet, often called the "murder hornet," after five years of coordinated efforts. First detected in Washington state in 2019, ...