When the northern giant hornet—nicknamed the “murder hornet”—first showed up in Washington state in 2019, it sparked a wave ...

And that was actually the way they were first discovered in Washington State’s Whatcom County back in 2019. They’d invaded this beehive. They’d killed everything inside and left these headless bodies ...

Giant hornets, dubbed "murder hornets," have been eradicated in the U.S., five years after the invasive species was first detected in Washington state.

Northern giant hornets are able to kill an entire honey bee hive in as little as 90 minutes. They also pose a threat to human health as their sting is more dangerous than that of a honey bee.

Four southern giant hornets have turned up in Spain. Similar stingers, known for honeybee attacks, had the Pacific Northwest on edge a few years ago.

Southern giant hornets, a species native to Asia, have been sighted in Europe for the first time, raising concerns about their potential impact on native insects. Between 2022 and 2023, Omar ...

The Washington state Department of Agriculture on Oct. 7 was sent a photo of what appeared to be a deceased northern giant hornet spotted in the wild in the region of Burley in Kitsap County.

Asian giant hornets are one of the few hornet species that build their nests underground. They are native to some parts of China, India, Japan, and Sri Lanka. However, they are more commonly found in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The northern giant hornet, an invasive species native to Asia that’s capable of devastating local honeybee populations, was possibly found near Horseshoe Lake on Oct. 3 ...

News; Pacific NW; Invasive giant hornet reported seen in Kitsap County, Washington Oct. 14, 2024 Updated Mon., Oct. 14, 2024 at 9:22 p.m. A researcher holds a dead northern giant hornet in Blaine ...

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.

A report of a potential northern giant hornet, the invasive species sometimes referred to as "murder hornets" when they surfaced in Washington state nearly five years ago, is being investigated in ...