There are an indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon called Sateré-Mawé who use bullet ants to help determine whether young ...

Renowned for its excruciating sting, the bullet ant is often described as the most painful insect sting known to humans. The pain from a bullet ant sting is said to rival that of a gunshot wound, ...

While generally not a direct threat to humans, their overwhelming numbers and powerful bites can be harmful, especially for those who inadvertently disturb their trails. Native to Central and South ...

When their nests are disturbed, carpenter ants bite in defense. They also spray a defensive chemical ... Some ants are venomous or poisonous, including bulldog ants, bullet ants, and fire ants. Many ...

Although its venom is potent, the ant is relatively docile and stings are not common. Pain from a sting can be intense and last several hours, with some individuals experiencing allergic reactions.

Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws ...

The South American bullet ant. (credit: WIKIMEDIA) Its mandibles moved up and down and not side to side, as they do in today's ants. "Currently, many odd mandible shapes can be found in ants ...

"The Asian needle ant stings and so we consider it both a nuisance and a medical pest. I had received three calls last year ...

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a report published in Current Biology.The hell ant, which was ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While there could be thousands of billions of ants crawling around the Earth today, few match the fiercity of the extinct “hell ...