An almost overlooked fossil discovered in a Brazilian museum collection has revealed the oldest ant specimen known to science.

Some insects are downright scary when you get a close look at them, but that's not the case when you look at butterfly wings ...

Scientists say it is a member of Haidomyrmecinae - an extinct group that only lived during the Cretaceous period.

Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant that represents the oldest hell ant specimen known to ...

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

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish ...

Imagine a world beneath your feet where tiny creatures communicate, cooperate, and even teach one another—just like we do. It ...

Two Belgians, a Vietnamese, and a Kenyan have pleaded guilty to wildlife trafficking and await sentencing on April 23 in ...

Kenyan officials have seized thousands of rare queen ants in a smuggling attempt aimed at supplying the exotic pet market ...

Four suspected foreign smugglers charged, as agents say they uncovered attempt to traffic thousands of rare insects, ...

Four people including two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with trafficking thousands of live ants in what the ...

The Kenyan Wildlife Service said the case was a shift from smuggling larger mammals to "ecologically critical species." The ...