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Invasive ‘murder hornet’ is getting a rebrand. Here’s why.
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance Entomological Society of America (ESA) President Jessica Ware said the new name,...
'Murder Hornet' Rebranding Makes A Clean Break From Crime
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA former murder hornet, now known as the northern giant hornet, wears a tracking device near Blaine,...
Fact Check: Video of a Red-and-Blue Spider Resembling Marvel Superhero Spider-Man Went Viral. Let's...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoScreengrab/Reddit Claim: A video shared to Reddit in February 2024 genuinely showed a real,...
Fact Check: Oh My God, What Is That Bug?
Snopes via Yahoo News· 7 months agoScreengrab/TikTok Claim: A video genuinely shows a large, black bug with more than a dozen legs. Rating: With more than a dozen creepy, crawly legs, a...
Fiber optic cables can pick up cicadas' droning din
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCicadas live underground for 13 or 17 years, before emerging to mate. Every 13 or 17 years, the buzzy mating call of billions of cicadas is the...
Asian giant hornet gets new name
KIRO via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Washington State Department of Agriculture will now begin referring to what was most often called the “Asian giant hornet” as the “northern giant...
No more ‘murder hornets’ as entomologists give invasive species this new common name
Bellingham Herald McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoAsian giant hornets, popularly known as “murder hornets,” are now called northern giant hornets by the Entomological Society of America, gaining its first official, common name by the organization ...
The infamous and invasive ‘murder hornet’ gets a new name
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTo entomologists, the animal has always been known as Vespa mandarinia. But these giant wasps, with...
Spongy moth caterpillars continue to chomp away, but local populations seem under control
The Post-Crescent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoReader question: Is the gypsy moth under control in city parks, or does it remain a concern? Are...
Does birding need a racial reckoning?
Yahoo News via AOL· 7 months agoA Cooper's Hawk in Action (J.S. Fisher/Shutterstock) What’s happening Last week, the American Ornithological Society said it would change the name of any...
