A new species of spiny ant with intricate, wrinkled skin has been found in the Singaporean rainforest. Myrmecina magnificens, named for its beauty, lives in leaf litter on the forest floor and ...

* While Black spiny ant or Ennakkaruppan mullurumbu and Common spiny ant or Vayalvaramban can secrete a liquid, which has the smell of a jasmine flower, the Golden spiny ant or Suvarna mullurumbu ...

Tiny frogs, spiny ants among 200 newfound species. More than 200 new species of plants and animals were found in Papua New Guinea last year, researchers revealed Tuesday.

The Siler collingwoodi spider mimics the way that ants walk to evade other spiders that might want to eat it. CREDIT: Zeng et al. 2023 ...

Like common black ants, the adult spiny ants contained formic acid. In contrast, the pupa did not contain formic acid, because venom glands grow as they mature. Next, Liu and his team hope to further ...

The dragons from 'Game of Thrones' have come to life in insect form. New ant species that appear dragon-like due to their large and distinctive spines were recently found in the tropical ...

Spiny lobsters, for example — and really, ... A 2018 study at the University of Bristol found that when ant colonies are exposed to a virus, ants keep their distance.