The 113-million-year-old fossil was unearthed in the Crato Formation in northeast Brazil. The area is already renowned for ...

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen species of "hell ant" that lived 113 million years ago, making it the oldest ...

An example of the trap-jaw ant bouncing by snapping its mandibles against a hard surface to "bounce" a few inches into the air National Treasure: Revealing the Stunning 2.33-Carat Winston Red ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the oldest known ant fossil, dating back 113 million years, in ...

The animation shows the changes in form as the trap-jaw mechanism becomes more divergent from the ancestral form. The jaws (yellow) develop small projections that can latch onto the labrum (purple).

The fossil may shed new light on that evolutionary question. It's a Snap The animal kingdom has a new champ: the trap-jaw ant has the fastest known bite, besting even the great white shark.