An invasive species of stinging ant is spreading across the U.S., having been detected in at least 20 states. Their stings ...

Do ants not stay in their hills until daylight? Why would they be out in the dark? If you were out at that time of day, why shouldn’t the ants be as well? Schedules vary between different ...

And, according to a study led by Lopez and published earlier this month in the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, velvet ants have another claim to fame: The black parts of females possess a ...

Asian needle ants (Brachyponera chinensis) are small, about 0.2 inches long. Their bodies are dark and shiny with lighter antennae and legs. "They have a long jaw and a big stinger on the business ...

Scientists found that the dark markings on a species of fluffy wasp reflected less than 1 percent of light. By Katrina Miller The first thing to understand about velvet ants is that they are not ...

A camper's metal walls bulge from the pressure of ants nesting behind them. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. Stand in the yard ...

Asian needle ants are a species of carnivorous ants native to China, Japan and the Koreas, according to USA TODAY. These dark brown ants have been found to live in colonies in leaf litter and ...