The world’s largest hornet, native to Asia, had arrived mysteriously in 2019, but intense eradication efforts prevented the species from spreading. A northern giant hornet wearing a tracking ...

European hornets. The European hornet, species Vespa crabro, is native to Europe and Asia and is now widespread across North America. This hornet is a large social woodland wasp, usually the ...

Karen Ducey / Getty Images The name alone advertises that this insect is no joke: When the murder hornet was first spotted in the North American continent in 2019, entomologists were abuzz with ...