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A TINY ant that drinks the blood of its own young to survive has been named the world’s fastest animal. The Dracula ant, a feisty bug found only in Madagascar, boasts spring-loaded jaws that it uses ...

The cheetah probably comes to mind first when you think of fast animals, but the records for fastest individual movements are far stranger. Mystrium camillae, a rare species of Dracula ant found in ...

Ant colonies act as one "super-organism" which works to ensure the survival of all, according to a team of scientists.

Researchers are astounded after discovering what they claim to be the fastest-known animal movement on record. The findings, recently uncovered by researchers from the University of Illinois, appear ...

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The Dracula ant's spring-loaded jaws release a powerful blow that hits speeds 5,000 times faster than the blink of an eye A TINY ant that drinks the blood of its own young to survive has been named ...