The world's biggest bee has been found after it was thought that the species had become extinct as there has not been a sighting since 1981. Wildlife experts found the single live female living inside a termites' nest in a tree, more than two metres off the ground. Wallace first discovered it in 1858 and described the female bee as 'a large, black wasp-like insect, with immense jaws like a stag beetle'. Wildlife experts found the single live female living inside a termites' nest in a tree, more than two metres off the ground. The habitat continues to suffer precipitous declines from deforestation causing massive environmental impacts such as declines in insect species.

Source: Daily Mail February 21, 2019 15:21 UTC