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

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

Megachile lucifer is an unusual bee from Australia — black, sleek, and with tiny devil-like horns. It’s named after the ...

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

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

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

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

Now, the discovery of a new species of the pied insect has added more evidence of their demonic nature, being as it is named ...

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

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