This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...

An overlooked fossil in storage in Brazil was hiding the 113-million-year-old remains of a "hell ant," now the oldest ant ...

Each summer, there comes a moment when we suddenly notice that the ground is crawling with large winged ants. Then the air seems to be full of them and we find ourselves ducking and diving, trying not ...

The fossil’s discovery in Brazil shows that ants have been around for longer than once thought. This insect impaled its prey ...

Scientists discovered the oldest-known ant species, Vulcanidris cratensis, in northeastern Brazil. This ancient winged ant, ...

A citizen science project invites people to report sightings of flying ants across the United Kingdom to track patterns of outbreaks. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food ...

By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws that lived about 113 million years ago during ...