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

Solitary bee species are major pollinators of wild plants, and there are over 1,500 species in the Megachile genus alone.

The devil is in the tiny details. A team of scientists discovered a new bee species they affectionately nicknamed “Lucifer” ...

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

The discovery was made by chance, while scientists were studying an endangered wildflower in Western Australia.

If you’ve ever been stung by a bee, you could be forgiven for shouting that the infernal beast must have been sent by the ...

A striking new bee species with tiny devil-like horns has been discovered in Western Australia’s Goldfields, offering fresh ...