By Shreya Dasgupta In 2019, researcher Kit Prendergast was surveying the insects visiting an incredibly rare plant in the ...

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

Kit Prendergast discovered the bee while surveying a critically endangered wildflower and was drawn to the insect's unique ...

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

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

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

A new species of bee has been identified in Australia, according to a new study. Megachile lucifer was named for its distinct ...

Scientists discover Megachile lucifer, a new Australian bee with tiny, devil-like horns that may help it dig, pack, and ...

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

Solitary bee species are major pollinators of wild plants, and there are over 1,500 species in the Megachile genus alone.

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

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