Marybel Rodriguez reports Tameeka Budwah triggered an Amber Alert on Tuesday after she took her 9-year-old son despite a ...

Wherever there's dirt there's bound to be ants, but one particular group is so adept at blending in with the ground that they ...

Learn about the extinct species of "dirt ant" that was found in 16-million-year-old Dominican amber, adding an important ...

The research suggests that dirt ants once inhabited the Caribbean islands before vanishing during the Miocene epoch.

A tiny fossil preserved in 16 million-year-old amber revealed an extinct Caribbean species that mastered the art of ...

A piece of amber from the early Miocene was discovered in the northern mines of the Santiago Providence of the Dominican Republic and then deposited in a natural history museum, according to a study ...

Imagine holding a piece of golden resin in your hand, only to discover that inside, time itself has been trapped—along with ...

"The presence of Basiceros in Dominican amber suggests ancient land bridges may have provided pathways for these ants to traverse from the mainland to the Caribbean," Barden said. "This fossil is ...

A piece of amber from the early Miocene was discovered ... Fiorentino explained. The fossil also shows the ant’s ability to hide, or crypsis, has been a survival strategy for millions of years ...