The Washington State Department of Agriculture is waiting to get ahold of a dead hornet that looks in pictures like a ...

Washington state’s first 2024 detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a commercial ...

The northern giant hornet, sometimes nicknamed the "murder hornet," has been known to attack and kill entire honeybee hives.

BURLEY, Wash. – A possible sighting of a murderous species of hornet has been reported in Washington. The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) said it is investigating a report of a ...

And now scientists are scrambling to address the threat before it has a chance to devastate the agricultural industry.

The WSDA said in a social media post Monday that the possible northern giant hornet was reportedly spotted in the Burley area near Port Orchard. The department shared two photos of the insect on ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.-The first case of avian influenza in 2024 has been detected in a commercial poultry organization in Franklin ...

KITSAP COUNTY, Wash.-The Washington Department of Agriculture is investigating a possible Northern Giant Hornet found near ...

WSDA Farm to School Program organizes Taste Washington Day with engagement from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public ...

The WSDA is now investigating to see whether the hornet is the same as the species that was last found in Washington in 2021, when four northern giant hornet nests were eradicated in Whatcom ...