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By observing ants moving objects, researchers have developed an end effector that could make better robot grippers.

Yes. And they can also sting. Of the ant species known to bite humans and animals, some will use their jaws to bite, while others employ stingers to deliver a noxious venom. Some ants can do both ...

When an insect steps on one of the trap’s many holes, hundreds of ants inside use the openings to seize it with their jaws. Another species, the yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), is ...

Using the same strong jaws to cut the leaf, the ant carries the small section of leaf over its head back to the underground nest. You might be tempted to think that the sections of leaves are ...

Unique in their anatomical structure, ants are distinguishable from other bugs by their large heads, elbowed antennae and ...

In fact the film Alien was pitched as 'Jaws in space'. This wasn’t a 24m radioactive ant. This was suspense created around a real creature - a great white shark of not unreasonable proportions.