Thought to have arrived in France in 2004, carried over from China in a box of ceramics, the Asian hornet has caused major ...

This yellow-legged beastie is a hornet species indigenous to Southeast Asia, and due to their habit of hunting honeybees, ...

It’s hard to think of a less popular insect than the yellowjacket, maligned because they can sting. First, I should be clear that “yellowjacket” is an imprecise, generic common name that conceals a ...

When it comes to stinging insects, wasps are some of the most feared creatures out there. Unlike honeybees, which can only sting once, most wasps can sting multiple times, injecting painful venom with ...

The Government of Jersey confirmed its invasive species and geomarine teams had assisted. Volunteers have now helped to deal ...

There are no hornets native to North America, but still, some invasive species have made it their new home. Hornets are social wasps that build communal nests by chewing wood to create a thin, sticky ...

The Jersey Asian Hornet Group said it tracked 24 nests in 10 different parishes between 21 and 27 October. The Animal and ...

To distill the secret behind this metabolic mastery, study co-author and zoologist Dorothée Huchon led a hunt for genetic ...

Laboratory experiments reveal the species, found throughout ... is that while boozed-up hornets metabolized the ethanol and resumed building their nest without impairment, European honeybees ...