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

a species of velvet ant known as Traumatomutilla bifurca. With its furry exterior and distinct black and white markings, the insect “looks like magic,” Vinicius Lopez, an entomologist at the ...

To test the effect of velvet ants' colours on predators, scientists carried out experiments with birds where some mealworms were painted red and black to look like the wasp Dasymutilla occidentalis.

Ants look much like termites, and the two are often confused ... There are several wasp species that closely resemble ants, including the velvet ant, which is actually a hairy, wingless wasp.

From creatures that look like mythological beings to insects with capabilities that defy understanding, these animals ...