(AP Photo/Brian Inganga) Belgian nationals Lornoy David, left, and Seppe Lodewijckx, right, who admitted to charges related to the illegal possession and trafficking of live queen ants, walk out ...

A new fossil unearthed in Brazil is the oldest known fossil of this species. Modern ants are one of the most dominant animal groups on Earth, with over 17,000 ant species found throughout every ...

In an engineering marvel, ants are known to be able to carry significantly more weight than their body weight — typically 10 to 50 times their weight, or even more. The secret lies in their strong ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Two Belgian teens who pleaded guilty after they were found with thousands of ants valued at $9,200 that were allegedly headed for European and Asian markets will be sentenced in ...

Even better, it's a member of an extinct subfamily called Haidomyrmecinae – more affectionately known as 'hell ants' – that have vertically articulated, scythe-like mandibles used for spearing and ...

There’s an art to getting him there. Festivals like Red Ants Pants rely on big name headliners to both sell tickets and boost the festival’s reputation, and a lot must come together to land so ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While there could be thousands of billions of ants crawling around the Earth today, few match the fiercity of the extinct “hell ...

open image in gallery Kenyan officials display live queen ants insects that were destined for Europe and Asia, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday ...

The prehistoric ant lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago — several millions of years before previously found fossilized ants — and had an unusual way to kill its prey. Anderson Lepeco ...