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

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

They comprise a diverse group of more than 7,000 solitary wasp species ... predators (velvet ants are sometimes known as ‘cow killers’, because of the myth that they can kill a cow with ...

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 ...

As it happens, velvet ants, known colloquially to Brazilians as “sorcerer ants,” are actually a type of wasp, but the females, which are wingless, give the creatures their name. And ...

Velvet ants are sometimes called cow killers due to the excruciating pain ... used to shock a predator into letting go, allowing the wasp to get away rather than to seriously harm or kill. Velvet ant ...

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