You’ve probably never seen a Dracula ant, as these elusive insects spend their days tunneling through the leaf litter and ...
Small cone ants may be climbing onto larger harvester ants in Arizona to give them a spa treatment, a new observation reveals ...
Sorry if we disappointed you, but believe it or not this little — and somewhat terrifying — guy has taken out the new record. And he’s found in Australia. Known as the dracula ant, its jaws snaps shut ...
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 ...
When sepsis results in gangrene, amputation is often necessary to save life. It prevents the spread of infection and the ...
Queen ants in southern Europe produce male clones of an entirely different species — tearing up the playbook of reproductive biology and suggesting we need to rethink our understanding of species ...
The exotic pet market is a lucrative business. If a smuggler is successful, they could make hundreds, if not thousands, off ...
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 ant mounds on the heath, in the forest and in your garden are oases for life. The heat and nutrients from ant mounds make them the perfect home for unique plant and animal species, according to ...