Ants may seem harmless, but some species pose serious threats due to their venom, aggressive behavior, or destructive habits.

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

Ant bites and stings are more common than you think. Learn which ants are relatively harmless and which you should avoid at ...

The sting of a female velvet ant is one of the most painful in the animal kingdom. Now, researchers have discovered that these insects have multiple proteins in their venom that make it ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

"Someone was giving me this antiseptic spray to try to ease the bites. THE Jack Jumper Ant is a species of venomous ant native to Australia. Stinging ants can cause severe allergic reactions ...

Although harvester ants are venomous insects, somehow their venom doesn’t affect horned lizards. In fact, not only can horned lizards eat these venomous ants without harm, but they may also be ...

For example, male platypuses use their venomous spurs against their competition in the breeding season, tawny crazy ants use theirs as an antidote to the venom of fire ants and some species, such as ...

Japan has designated the Argentine ant and the venomous red imported fire ant, both native to South America, as “invasive alien species.” Both species are small in stature, but hundreds of ...