The "Lucifer" bee, or Megachile lucifer, was discovered 2019 in the Goldfields region of western Australia. DNA testing ...

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

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

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

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

The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian ...

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

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

Australian scientists have discovered a new native bee species with tiny horns - and given it a suitably devilish name.

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

A new bee, discovered in Western Australia, has been announced this week – reinforcing our status as home of the creepiest ...

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