Researchers in Australia have discovered a native bee species with tiny "devil-like horns.” A research team at Curtin University in Perth discovered the species while surveying a critically endangered ...

Eclipses elicit a lot of excitement already − but sometimes, there's just something extra that makes them a little more special. A partial solar eclipse is on the horizon for Saturday, March 29, 2025, ...

A scientist was observing a critically endangered wildflower in Australia when she first spotted the bee, sprouting something that closer inspection revealed to be a pair of “demon-like horns.” She ...

Scientists surveying an endangered wildflower in Australia chanced upon a unique creature instead – a new bee species they decided to name “Lucifer” because of its tiny devil-like “horns”. The bee, ...

As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a "lucifer" bee with devil-like horns. The species, dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer, was found ...

Dr. Kit Prendergast of the Curtin School of Molecular and Life Sciences is being credited with the find, which he said was made while surveying a rare plant in Western Australia’s Goldfields.