It's not much to look at in the beginning. This is the first larval phase of a trap-jaw ant emerging from its egg. New research published in the journal Myrmecology News finds that trap-jaw ants ...

The speedy mandibles of Strumigenys ants developed repeatedly throughout the world, explaining how evolution creates new abilities to help a species survive. Ants gather on a dewy peony bud. (Image ...

Trap-jaw ants, with their spring-loaded jaws and powerful stings, are among the fiercest insect predators, but they begin their lives as spiny, hairy, fleshy blobs hanging from the ceiling and walls ...

March 2 (UPI) --How did the trap-jaw ant evolve such a complex mechanism for snatching its prey? Today, the mandibles of trap-jaw ants take many forms, suggesting a tremendous level of anatomical ...

Trap-jaw ants can slam their jaws together with extraordinary speed, with the tips of their mandibles racing at up to roughly 120 miles per hour. How they could perform such attacks, repeatedly, ...

These are not bouncing bundles of joy — the babies of trap-jaw ants are studded with spines, spires and fleshy "doorknob" protuberances. New research zooms in on these bizarre larvae in more detail ...

A member of the Myrmoteras genus of trap-jaw ants, with mandibles deployed. Steve Shattuck Imagine you’re crawling along the forest floor, idly searching for a bit of fungus to chow down on, when out ...

Add Formica archboldi ants to the rotating cast of Florida creatures haunting your nightmares. The state’s most metal ant tricks a powerful species known as trap-jaw ants by chemically mimicking them ...

Scientists are taking a closer look at a species of ant in Florida that decorates its nest with the skulls of other ants it has killed. As if that wasn't macabre enough, they have now discovered it ...

Trap-jaw ants, with their spring-loaded jaws and powerful stings, are among the fiercest insect predators, but they begin their lives as spiny, hairy, fleshy blobs hanging from the ceiling and walls ...