The Wallace's giant bee is as big as a human thumb. That might be frightening to most people, but scientists were delighted when a team of researchers recently found it in Indonesia. It's the largest ...

While working as a curatorial assistant at the American Museum of Natural History, Eli Wyman learned about a very unusual bee that was presumed to be extinct. The bee, Megachile pluto, also known as ...

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Wallace's giant bee, a colossal solitary insect from Indonesia, has been rediscovered after decades of absence. This remarkable species, known for its powerful mandibles and unique nesting habits ...

(CBS NEWS) The world’s largest bee is a big, black wasp-like insect as long as an adult’s thumb, and it was extinct — or so scientists thought. The massive bee was rediscovered alive in Indonesia last ...