Velvet ant venom acts on specific pain pathways in mammals and insects, revealing a unique biological defence mechanism ...

Further analysis showed ants were more hostile towards ants that smelled of past bad encounters with other nests. When they ...

African Matabele ants have recently been observed utilizing natural antibiotics found in their environment to treat their ...

A team of biologists, neurologists and chemists at Indiana University has discovered why the velvet ant's sting is so painful ...