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World's most painful ant sting targets nerves in the same way scorpion venom does
Bullet and greenhead ants produce toxins they inject with every sting, which prolong nerve signals to the brain and lead to trembling, uncontrollable and long-lasting pain in mammals.
'Supergene' mutation turned ants into parasitic wannabe queens
Scientists have identified a mutant strain of clonal raider ants that look like miniature queens and evolved quickly because of a single "supergene" mutation.
Horrifying close-up photo of an ant is the stuff of nightmares
A zoomed-in photo of an ant is giving the internet the chills.
These ant queens live 500% longer than workers. Now we know why.
Indian jumping ants that become queens can slow their aging.
Trap-jaw ants' lightning-fast bite should rip their heads apart. Here's why it doesn't.
A unique "dual spring" powers the ant's jaws.
Invasive crazy ants are being annihilated by murder fungus. Good.
Crazy ant colonies in North America are being driven to extinction by a fungus that targets the invasive pest species.
Larva ant queen looks like an alien doll in trippy new microscope images
Larval ant queen is covered in 'doorknob-like' lumps in the images. Scientists have no idea what all those "doorknob-like" lumps are for.
Bees 'shriek' when attacked by giant cousins of 'murder hornets'
Asian honey bees rally against giant hornet invasions with an acoustic response that resembles the alarm shrieks of birds, primates and other social mammals.
