What Is a Murder Hornet? "Murder hornet" is a misleading nickname for the world’s largest species of hornet, the Asian giant hornet. As the name suggests, they originate in Asia, but they've ...

Invasive "murder hornets" have been completely eradicated in the U.S., officials have announced, after there were no confirmed sightings of the giant wasps in the last three years. Northern giant ...

Thanks to the efforts of entomologists, the infestation of murder hornets has been cleared. The invasive species was first detected in the North American continent in 2019, causing officials to ...

So-called "murder hornets" have been eradicated from the U.S., officials announced Wednesday, five years after the invasive species was first identified in Washington state. The northern giant ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Murder hornets are terrifyingly large and recently made their way to the United States.

The Entomological Society of America on Monday asked scientists, government officials, media and public to call Asian giant hornets, popularly known as “murder hornets,” by a new name.

The giant insects are nicknamed "murder hornets." "They're like something out of a monster cartoon with this huge yellow-orange face," Susan Cobey, a bee breeder at the Washington State University ...

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.

So-called “murder hornets” in Europe probably descended from a single mated queen hornet that somehow arrived in France in 2004, according to a new study. The Asian or yellow-legged hornet ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s official: The northern giant hornet — colloquially known as a “murder hornet” — has been eradicated from the United States, according to federal officials.

Agriculture and wildlife officials have announced that they have eradicated the infamous "murder hornet" from the US, five years after the headline-generating insects were first spotted in ...