Saharan silver ants (Cataglyphis bombycina) can reach jaw dropping speeds of 855 millimeters per second, making these teeny scavengers the Usain Bolts of the ant kingdom. The species lives in the ...

Move over, Usain Bolt. We've got a new speed demon. The speed of the fastest ant in the world has been recorded, traveling at 108 times its body length in a single second, or the human equivalent ...

of any known ant species. The Saharan silver ant can scurry across the hot sands of northern Africa at blistering speeds, surpassing three feet in a second. Relative to body size, that would be ...

Heat-conducting hairs Speaking of baking sun, Saharan silver ants live in heat that could literally cook them alive. But the ant’s cooling mechanism lies in their iconic hairdos. The ant’s ...

Take the incredibly speedy Saharan silver ant. It can move 100 body lengths per second, which is like a human being able to run up to 200 meters per second. And it's not just speed — they are ...

Since ants – like other insects – have their skeletons on the outside, their muscles do not have to support much of their body weight, leaving them free to apply more strength to lifting. Saharan ...