The Asian giant hornet is a real insect, and it does have a (potentially) ... About 30 to 50 deaths are reported each year in Japan from such attacks, according to Japanese studies.

Asian giant hornets have recently been sighted in the United States and Canada. An Asian hornet flies on September 14, 2019 in Loue, northwestern France. Jean-Francois Monier/Getty ...

In 2018, Peterson allowed himself to be stung by a Japanese giant hornet, which is the largest subspecies of the Asian giant hornet. Stung under controlled conditions, ...

Researchers in Washington state, Japan, and South Korea aim to tell the world’s largest hornets where to go by speaking the insects’ language: the potent, wafting substances known as pheromones.

A Washington State Department of Agriculture staff member attempts to glue a radio tag on a live Asian giant hornet was caught in a net on Tuesday, Sept. 29, southeast of Blaine.

A second live Asian giant hornet — or “murder hornet” — was captured alive southeast of Blaine and tagged as state agriculture officials look for its nest.

A Washington State Department of Agriculture staff member attempts to glue a radio tag on a live Asian giant hornet was caught in a net on Tuesday, Sept. 29, southeast of Blaine.

However, the Japanese giant hornet (“oh-suzume-bachi,” Vespa mandarinia japonica) is a different beast.Related to the “yak-killer” Asian giant hornet, the female workers of the Japanese giant hornet ...

The first live Asian giant "murder hornet" of 2021 has been spotted in Washington state — and it was caught in the act of living up to its name, attacking a wasp nest.. Entomologists on Thursday ...

Dr. Kawahara grew up moving between the United States and Japan, where the northern giant hornet is native. In Japanese, the insect’s name translates to “sparrow hornet,” and, despite the ...

Washington state officials captured a live Asian giant hornet — or “murder hornet” — southeast of Blaine, Washington, and tagged it, and are looking for its nest.