The Asian needle ant's venom is also a bit more likely to cause an allergic reaction than the sting of a honey bee, according ...

You've probably never seen a Dracula ant, as these elusive insects spend their days tunneling through the leaf litter and ...

This invasive insect's sting has been reported to cause severe allergic reactions, like anaphylaxis, in people who are ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

This invasive insect's sting can cause severe allergic reactions in people who are allergic to insect venom. How to avoid ...

The flightless moth of Haleakala is one of the more dramatic examples of evolution in Hawaiian insects. Known to science as Thyrocopa apatela, this moth lives only on the barren slopes of Maui’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Myrmecophily is pronounced mur-muh-KOF-uh-lee and literally means ant love. With a pretty literal meaning, it refers to the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Some ants might actually not be ants at all, and instead be other animals pretending to be them. Pictures from a new ...

The electric ant can target animals' eyes, possibly resulting in blindness.

These photos of red ants, also knows as fire ants, make the little insects look like they are performing a circus act. They balance giant seed pods from a Mimosa tree above their heads and hold onto ...

The viral Facebook post combines two common names for this insect. Old images purportedly showing a "velvet cowkiller" ant received renewed attention in April 2018: These images, as well as a near ...