Adult female Brazilian velvet ant (Traumatomutilla bifurca) shows off her superblack patches. ... [+] (Credit: copyright: Nicole Desnoyers. Image appears here with kind permission.) An ...

An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

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

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

In the animal kingdom, scarlet velvet ants are known to deliver some of the most excruciatingly painful stings. These insects live on the ground, but they are not actually ants at all. Instead ...

From creatures that look like mythological beings to insects with capabilities that defy understanding, these animals ...