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 ...

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

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

A new species of bee has been identified in Australia, according to a new study. Megachile lucifer was named for its distinct ...

A devil-horned bee discovered in Western Australia sheds light on how little we still know about native pollinators. A newly ...

Scientists discover Megachile lucifer, a new Australian bee with tiny, devil-like horns that may help it dig, pack, and ...

A CREEPY-crawly with devil horns is the latest horrifying creature to be discovered in Australia, so terrifying it’s named ...

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 ...

“I was super excited to find it,” said Kit Prendergast, a native bee scientist who discovered the insect in 2019 as she ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new native bee species with tiny horns - and given it a suitably devilish name.