Scientists created a massive digital library of ants using synchrotron X-ray scanning, robotics, and artificial intelligence. The Antscan project produced interactive 3D models of 800 species, ...
A newly described ant species found in Japan reproduces without males and maintains colonies composed entirely of queens, a ...
Researchers are astounded after discovering what they claim to be the fastest-known animal movement on record. The findings, recently uncovered by researchers from the University of Illinois, appear ...
The cheetah probably comes to mind first when you think of fast animals, but the records for fastest individual movements are far stranger. Mystrium camillae, a rare species of Dracula ant found in ...
A tiny ant that drinks the blood of its own young to survive has been named the world’s fastest animal. The Dracula ant, a feisty bug found only in Madagascar, boasts spring-loaded jaws that it uses ...
There’s a new fastest animal on Earth and it’s … an ant. Sorry if we disappointed you, but believe it or not this little — and somewhat terrifying — guy has taken out the new record. And he’s found in ...
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Move over, trap-jaw ants and mantis shrimp: There's a faster appendage in town. According to a new study, the Dracula ant, Mystrium camillae, can snap its mandibles at speeds of up to 90 meters per ...