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, ...

A few years ago, wild bee ecologist Kit Prendergast was searching for pollinators of an endangered wildflower when she spotted a strange bee. “I discovered the species while surveying a rare plant in ...