A species of bee with tiny horns has been discovered in a remote part of Australia and named “Lucifer”. The bee was found in ...

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

Dubbed Megachile lucifer, the newly described species of bee features a pair of spiked horns jutting from its head. The ...

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

Lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns discovered in Australia’s goldfields - Discovery in region subjected to mining suggest it ...

Most species on Earth exist as two biological sexes, and the exchange of genes between males and females is vital for their ...

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

SYDNEY: As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has another unsettling creature, a “lucifer” ...

The discovery of a horned native bee that pollinates a rare plant highlights how little we know about Australian pollinators.

Australian scientists have discovered a new native bee species with tiny horns - and given it a suitably devilish name. Researchers found the Megachile Lucifer while observing a rare wildflower that ...