Bull ants (also known as bulldog ants ... They are easily recognisable with their large eyes, long mandibles (jaws) and aggressive nature. Their sting is immediate, hot, sharp, and unmistakable ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...

Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant that represents the oldest hell ant specimen known to ...

Previously, the oldest known ants came from amber in France and Myanmar, dating back about 100 million years. This new ...

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen species of "hell ant" that lived 113 million years ago, making it the oldest ...

The newly discovered ancient ant species, which researchers have named Vulcanidris cratensis, had scythe-like, upward-facing jaws, which it may have used to seize and impale its prey. "Despite ...

In the ancient landscapes of what is now northeastern Brazil, 113 million years ago, an unusual ant with bizarre ...

Published in Current Biology, the study reveals that ants were already diverse and widespread during the time of dinosaurs. With scythe-like jaws used to impale prey, this ancient insect ...

Other specimens have also been found in Canada. Hell ants are known for their scythe-like jaws that point upward rather than move laterally, and which researchers believe the insect used to pin or ...

What was most striking about the ant was its unusual anatomical features. Modern ants have jaws that grasp laterally — side to side. However, this ant possessed scythe-like jaws that ran parallel to ...

What was most striking about the ant was its unusual anatomical features. Modern ants have jaws that grasp laterally — side to side. However, this ant possessed scythe-like jaws that ran ...