Dementor wasps now exist thanks to museum patrons in Germany. Roughly 300 people voted to name an obscure wasp species from southeast Asia after the creatures from the "Harry Potter" novels. J.K.

From a soul-sucking 'dementor' wasp named after a creature from the Harry Potter books to a half-metre long stick insect, scientists identified 139 new species in the Greater Mekong Region in 2014, ...

The shadowy guards of Azkaban, known as Dementors, were made famous in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books. Known for their ominous appearance and their ability to suck the life out of people, they would ...

Branding can get you everywhere, even if you’re just a bug. Boy, does the “Ampulex dementor” wasp know it. Over a year ago, officially, no one was aware that it even existed. But on Wednesday, Harry ...

After investigating a call from a concerned resident, Michigan police followed-up on a call that a Dementor was roaming through a Michigan Park. The Essexville police department took to Facebook to ...

SOUTHWICK, Mass. (WWLP) – A Southwick resident said he saw what looks like dementors from “Harry Potter” on Thursday. The resident was mowing his yard when he saw the flying figure pictured below. He ...