Hornets and bees are both feared insects for their painful stings. Both are quick-flying, hive-building insects that work ...

A species of hornet that often munches on foods containing alcohol can hold its liquor, without any side effects, at levels that no other known animal can tolerate. “This is crazy,” says study ...

A new study from the School of Zoology and Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University has revealed that the Oriental hornet is the only known animal in nature capable of consuming ...

These hornets may be the alcohol-detox champs of the animal world. Vespa orientalis fed an 80-percent-ethanol brew still did hornet tasks and had normal life spans ...

Originally from Asia, they were first recorded in Europe in France in 2004 when it is believed a hornet arrived in a shipment ...

Many animals, including humans, have developed a taste for alcohol in some form, but excessive consumption often leads to adverse health effects. One exception is the Oriental hornet. According to ...

The Northern giant hornet, more commonly known as the "murder hornet," has been eradicated in the U.S., agriculture officials said Wednesday. The ominously nicknamed invasive species was confirmed ...

The yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, is a close cousin of the northern giant hornet, or "murder hornet." Both of them are very adept in the wholesale destruction of honey bees.

An invasive hornet species was spotted this month in the United States for the first time, and state officials in Georgia, fearing it could harm the agriculture industry, said they were working ...

ATLANTA — A close relative hornet species of the so-called "murder hornet" has been found in Georgia for the first time, the state Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday. The finding of the ...

The hornet was discovered in a corner of Washington State. ... See more on: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Read 107 Comments. Share full article. 107. Across the U.S.

Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on Earth. The oriental hornet shows no ill effects – or behavioural changes – when it spends a week drinking an 80 per cent alcohol solution.