Officials say there have been no confirmed sightings of the aggressive species, native to Japan and other parts of East Asia, ...

Northern giant hornets rarely attack humans unless provoked. About 30-50 people die annually from Northern giant hornet ...

Sven Spichiger, an entomologist with the Washington state Department of Agriculture, poses for a photo with an Asian giant hornet from Japan mounted on a pin in Olympia, Wash., May 4, 2020.

Owing to a spate of attacks by northern giant hornets in China in 2013 – including ... is responsible for as many as 50 deaths a year in Japan – the insect has caused sleepless nights for ...

Japanese honeybees have developed a defense against giant hornet attacks, utilizing strength in numbers and their own unique adaptations. Japanese honeybees vibrate their flight muscles to ...

The insects — more formally known as northern giant hornets — posed a significant threat to honey ... from South Korea while ...