Asian giant hornets prey on honey bees and other insects and a few of the insects can destroy a honey bee hive in just a few hours, the WSDA said. They typically attack honey bee hives in the late ...

"Asian giant hornets" are an invasive and potentially deadly species and they've just been found in the US for the first time. Researchers nicknamed it the "murder hornet". Its venomous sting can kill ...

The Asian giant hornet first made waves this spring when it appeared in the United States. Discovered in Washington State, some dubbed it the murder hornet, but since then, entomologists have been ...

The world's largest hornet has been spotted in Washington state. State officials there are working to prevent it from spreading after they confirmed multiple reports of it being there. Some ...

Washington state is reporting the first live sighting of a murder hornet in the U.S. this year. A photo was released of the large murder hornet, which is native to Asia, attacking a wasp nest. State ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — When scientists in Washington state destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the U.S., they discovered about 500 live specimens in various stages of ...

An American father and son died after being stung by a swarm of hornets while ziplining in Southeast Asia, local officials confirmed. Daniel Owen, 47, originally from Idaho Falls, Idaho, and his son ...

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