A devil-horned bee discovered in Western Australia sheds light on how little we still know about native pollinators. A newly ...

In 2019, researcher Kit Prendergast was surveying the insects visiting an incredibly rare plant in the Bremer Ranges of ...

The devil is in the tiny details. A team of scientists discovered a new bee species they affectionately nicknamed “Lucifer” ...

“I was super excited to find it,” said Kit Prendergast, a native bee scientist who discovered the insect in 2019 as she ...

“The taxonomist who describes a new species gets to name it,” Prendergast tells Jennifer Hassan at the Washington Post. After ...

Kit Prendergast named the female bee Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer, a nod to her favourite Netflix show, because of the ...

Scientists discovered a new species of bee with "demon-like" devil horns, earning it the name "Megachile lucifer." ...

The female bee's upward-pointing horns could be used to access flowers, compete for resources, and defend nests, researchers ...

The newly identified Megachile lucifer highlights conservation concerns as it was found in mining-vulnerable habitat ...

As Australian Pollinator Week (8–16 November) gets underway, new research has found that many Australians have poor awareness ...

A new native bee species with tiny devil-like "horns" named Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer has been discovered in Western ...

The discovery of a new "lucifer" bee with devil-like horns sparks concerns over land clearing regulations in WA's Goldfields ...