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'Flying bulldog': world's largest bee refound

Phys.org - Thu 21 Feb 19

The world's largest bee—a giant insect roughly the size of a human thumb—has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia in its first sighting in nearly 40 years, researchers said Thursday.

‘Flying bulldog’: world’s largest bee refound, The Hindu - Fri 22 Feb 19

World’s biggest bee rediscovered after decades on ‘most wanted’ list

Newscientist - Thu 21 Feb 19

The giant black bee is the size of a human thumb, with a wingspan of six centimetres and fierce-looking mandibles

World's biggest bee found alive

BBC News - Thu 21 Feb 19

A giant bee, thought lost to science, has been re-discovered after decades thought lost to science.

Rediscovered: the biggest bee in the world

Cosmos Magazine - Thu 21 Feb 19

Insect seen only twice in 170 years found in a termites’ nest. Andrew Masterson reports.

The triumphant rediscovery of the biggest bee on Earth

Ars Technica - Sat 23 Feb 19

Feared extinct, this giant bee had last been spotted in 1981.

The Triumphant Rediscovery of the Biggest Bee on Earth, Wired Science - Thu 21 Feb 19

World’s largest bee makes a comeback from the dead

ZME Science - Fri 22 Feb 19

Wallace’s giant bee -- about four times larger than a honeybee -- hadn't been spotted for nearly four decades until a band of explores rediscovered it.

Image of the Day: Seeing is Bee-lieving

The Scientist - Fri 22 Feb 19

Four decades after it was thought to have disappeared in the wild, scientists have found a single female Wallace’s giant bee in Indonesia.

HUGE BEE ALERT: Look at the world's largest bee and cower in fear - CNET

CNET Cutting Edge - Fri 22 Feb 19

Researchers weren't sure if Wallace's Giant Bee was extinct. But it's here. And it's HUGE.

Scientists thought they lost the world's largest bee, but it was hiding in plain sight

Popular Science - Thu 21 Feb 19

Animals This time, they GIFed it. The bee species Megachile pluto was first described by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, thought extinct for 120 years, rediscovered and now, ...

This giant bee was just rediscovered in the wild after missing for 38 years - CNET

CNET Cutting Edge - Thu 21 Feb 19

Researchers weren't sure if it was extinct.

World's biggest bee that was missing for 38 years is found alive in Indonesia

Daily Mail - Thu 21 Feb 19

Wildlife experts have found a single live female, which they photographed and filmed. The world's biggest bee has been found after it was thought that the species had become extinct.

World’s largest bee with giant jaws rediscovered in the wild

FOXNews - Thu 21 Feb 19

You'd think that the world's biggest bee would be hard to lose track of.

World’s Largest Bee Rediscovered in Wild

Geek.com - Thu 21 Feb 19

Despite its massive wingspan and hulking body, the world’s largest bee has been lost to science since 1981. Until a search team rediscovered the species—known as Wallace’s giant ...

This Massive, Nightmare Bee Was Once Thought Extinct. Not Anymore.

Livescience - Thu 21 Feb 19

The world's biggest bee species has been feared extinct since it was last seen in 1981.

World’s largest bee filmed alive for the first time in Indonesia

Mongabay.com - Mon 25 Feb 19

The last time scientists officially reported seeing a living Wallace’s giant bee (Megachile pluto), the world’s largest known bee, was in 1981. Now, in Indonesia’s North Maluku archipelago, ...

Believed extinct for 38 years, the world's largest bee has been found

Inhabitat - Fri 22 Feb 19

Measuring in at four times the size of the average honeybee, Wallace's giant bee has been on the endangered species radar for decades and was feared to be gone forever. But after 38 years of ...

World's biggest bee, thought extinct, rediscovered in Indonesia

UPI - Thu 21 Feb 19

The world's largest bee species, missing for 38 years, has been rediscovered on one of Indonesia's Maluku Islands.

World's biggest bee found

ScienceDaily - Fri 22 Feb 19

Lost to science for decades and thought perhaps extinct, Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) has been rediscovered in an Indonesian rainforest.

World's biggest bee found, Eurekalert - Fri 22 Feb 19