This ant is roughly 13 million years older than the previous oldest-known ants, specimens found in France and Myanmar that were preserved in amber, which is fossilized tree sap.

The 113-million-year-old fossil of Vulcanidris cratensis is the first known hell ant preserved in rock rather than amber. Anderson Lepeco Brazilian researchers say they’ve discovered the oldest ...

Put Ant on the floor on a random weeknight in midwinter against a “meh” opponent and it’s likely if not probable that the nonchalance will pour out in a succession of missed treys ...

Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant that represents the oldest hell ant specimen known to science. The ant was preserved in limestone and is described in a study ...