Shutterstock A hiker’s paradise… and a critter’s playground. When you hike through Arizona’s beautiful desert, you’re walking through one of North America’s most incredible outdoor habitats. But ...

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.

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

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

Velvet ants use venom to target mammals and insects differently Study uncovers tailored venom mechanisms across species Scarlet velvet ants show advanced defence ...

Recent observations have shaken up this old concept, as a surprising twist has come from an unlikely source: oak galls produced by certain wasps. Eight-year-old Hugo noticed something puzzling one ...

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 ...