Compared with other ultrablack animals, female velvet ants are darker than the common birdwing butterfly, the only other ...

America is home to over 90,000 species of insects, with more that have yet to be discovered. Here are 10 of the most ...

In the vast realm of insects, certain beetles, mites, and other insects—including bees, ants, and wasps—use a unique system of sex determination known as haplodiploidy. In this system, the sexual ...

Japan has a population of 125 million in a country the size of California; Tokyo alone has about 37 million people. By ...

The Asian or yellow-legged hornet can kill 50 bees a day (Alamy/PA) Rapid action against an invasive bee-killing hornet has stopped its spread in the UK despite suitable climate and habitat for ...

A hobby beekeeper who invented a device to limit the destruction of hives by Asian hornets has won a top business award for women entrepreneurs. The Stop-It device, and its successor Stop-It Max, give ...

The latter sector is one of the most damaged, as this species is a predator of insects, especially honey bees. Asian hornets need protein to feed the larvae in their nests, and a high percentage ...

The non-native Asian hornet, which arrived in France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago and has spread rapidly across the continent, can kill 50 bees a day and has devastated honeybee ...