Did you know that all ants have the ability to bite but only a handful living in the U.S. ever do? Rarely fatal and not often considered dangerous, bites mostly occur when an ant or its nest is ...

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The tarantula hawk has been awarded second place on the Schmidt's sting pain index, beaten only by the South American bullet ant, Paraponera clavata. The pain from a bullet ant sting lasts up to 24 ...

However, some species have diets that are more unusual. Army ants, with their large mandibles and painful stings, may prey on reptiles, birds, or even small mammals. Ant colonies are so tightly ...

It takes about 11 times more force to squish a velvet ant than a honeybee. Velvet ants' bodies are also rounded, meaning that attempted bites and stings tend not to do any damage. If the predator ...

Little fire ants are collected by a little fire ant team member during a survey. A new infestation of little fire ants has been discovered in Haiku, the Maui Invasive Species Committee said Wednesday.