Asian honey bees rally against giant hornet invasions with an acoustic response that resembles the alarm shrieks of birds, primates and other social mammals.

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“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 ...

Has the Asian 'murder hornet' made its way to NC? Despite some reports, officials say not yet. Discovered in the Pacific Northwest in 2019, northern giant hornets have yet to expand their range ...

When Asian giant hornets arrived in the Pacific Northwest in 2020, they were dubbed “murder hornets,” creating a media sensation. But the coverage of the species—native to East Asia—and ...

The ecologic impacts of the Asian Giant Murder Hornets are considerable, prompting a campaign by the Department of Agriculture to eradicate the insects.

Who knew the most dangerous thing about murder hornets was their name? Scientists announced Monday that the terrifying insects’ official moniker, “Asian giant hornet,” has been ch… ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture will now begin referring to what was most often called the “Asian giant hornet” as the “northern giant hornet.” The change came after the ...

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 ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture hopes there’s a little less buzz when it comes to Asian giant hornets in 2022.

Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample brought in from Japan for research in Blaine in 2020. (Associated Press files) ...