Port Elizabeth, South Africa — A swarm of bees has killed 63 endangered African penguins on a beach outside Cape Town, the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds said on ...

Apiculturist Warwick Kerr figured he had some perfectly good reasons for bringing 20 African queen bees into his native Brazil nine years ago. Though it is known to be ferocious, the African bee ...

Swarms of bees killed at least 63 endangered penguins in South Africa on a beach outside Cape Town, according to the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. David Roberts, a ...

One of the more fascinating and beautiful families of birds in Africa is one we don’t see in the Western Hemisphere, Meropidae, the family of Bee-eaters. The name Meropidae is derived from Merops, ...

Scientists and animal experts were investigating on Friday after the bodies of dozens of penguins, many of them with bee stingers in and around their eyes, were discovered in South Africa. A total of ...

At least 63 African penguins were killed near Cape Town, South Africa, after a swarm of bees attacked the colony, according to veterinarians, who say the attack was a “complete freak accident.” An ...