New research has found an insect species with markings that are so black that they’re ‘superblack’ or ‘ultrablack’, absorbing ...

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

Few creatures can tangle with a velvet ant and walk away unscathed. These ground-dwelling insects are not ants, but parasitic wasps known for ... enables behavioural control over the composition ...

“Velvet ant” is a misnomer — these insects are actually wasps. Also called “cow killers,” they don’t actually kill bovines, but their sting is so painful it feels strong enough to kill ...

Visitors flock to Arches National Park in Utah to see its unique stone formations. Adventurers may encounter various ...

They are natural biological control ... as cow killers. Contrastingly, the male velvet ant has wings and no sting. However, their distinctive red color, thick velvet hair, and black stripes across ...

Velvet ants are in fact a family of wingless wasps with more than 7000 species. The researcher Justin Schmidt, who invented the Schmidt sting pain index, described their sting as “explosive and ...

Lynch’s legacy is defined by his genre-defying works like Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks. His films often combined the eerie and the ordinary ...

Researchers have identified the behavioral strategies that parasitic cricket species employ to infiltrate and inhabit host ant colonies. Their research demonstrates that these crickets use 'distancing ...

It is commonly seen in plants and some invertebrate animals (including aphids, ants, wasps, and bees ... of a lethal recessive gene could kill the pups prematurely. Breakthroughs, discoveries ...