It's well known that many animals, including migratory birds, butterflies, and even fish, use the sun for navigational purposes. Nocturnal animals are dealt a more difficult hand, however, as the moon ...

Queensland scientists have identified a toxin in bull ant venom that seems to have cleverly evolved specifically to target short-beaked echidnas, the main predator of ants in the Aussie bush. But ...

Researchers found a bull ant venom component that exploits a pain pathway in mammals, which they believe evolved to stop echidnas attacking the ant's nests. Australian bull ants have evolved a venom ...

There are 92 species of bull ant described in Australia, with over 100 species known and at least 12 residing in the NT. These are especially common in Central Australia, with no species recorded ...

Nocturnal bull ants can use low-level moonlight to navigate at night, according to new research. The study, published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the editors as important ...

Bull ants and bullet ants deliver stings that are not just painful, but biologically designed to disable threats fast. This video compares their venom, aggression, and attack behavior, showing how two ...

Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators – the echidna – that also could have implications for people with long-term pain, University of ...

Venom from the giant red bull ant is helping University of Queensland scientists understand the evolution of animal toxins in work that could lead to better treatments for pain. Researchers from UQ’s ...

A peptide found in bull ant venom closely resembles a hormone of its primary predator, triggering hypersensitivity and making subsequent bites even more painful than the ones that came before. When ...

With the start of summer just days away, many of us will be looking forward to long sunny days spent at the beach, by the pool, out camping or picnicking in the park. Insects also love summer. This is ...

Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators—the echidna—that also could have implications for people with long-term pain, University of ...