The Wallace's giant bee is as big as a human thumb. That might be frightening to most people, but scientists were delighted when a team of researchers recently found it in Indonesia. It's the largest ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDONESIA. — The Wallace’s giant bee is as ...

While working as a curatorial assistant at the American Museum of Natural History, Eli Wyman learned about a very unusual bee that was presumed to be extinct. The bee, Megachile pluto, also known as ...

Lost to science for decades and thought perhaps extinct, Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) has been rediscovered in an Indonesian rainforest. An international team of scientists and ...

Wallace's giant bee had been flying under the radar since its last known sighting in 1981. Until a few months ago. At 1.5 inches long, the bee is the world's largest. It has a wingspan of 2.5 inches ...

Giant hornets band together in groups to overwhelm honey bee hives. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When giant cousins of ...

That might be frightening to most people, but scientists were delighted when a team of researchers recently found it in Indonesia. It’s the largest bee in the world, and scientists feared it might be ...