The hornet is formally known as Vespa mandarinia. Experts previously described it as the “Asian giant hornet” and some even less formally as a “murder hornet,” but the Entomological Society of America ...

The Asian hornet is believed to have arrived in southwestern France in a shipment of pottery from Shanghai in 2004. Since ...

Have you ever been stung by a tiger mosquito, or worse, an Asian hornet? It is estimated that around 14,000 alien species are present in Europe, introduced either accidentally or deliberately.