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

“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.

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

The bees' name, Megachile lucifer, was inspired by the Netflix series "Lucifer," which one of the researchers was watching at ...

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

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

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

Nearly 24,000 Australians voted for the second ABC Australian Insect of the Year, with 25.7 per cent (6,137 votes) choosing ...