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SÃO PAOLO, Brazil — In the ancient landscapes of what is now northeastern Brazil, 113 million years ago, an unusual ant with bizarre upward-pointing jaws died and became entombed in limestone. This ...

April 25 (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 the age of ...

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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 ant ...

When you think of predators, you likely imagine big animals with sharp claws or teeth, like tigers or sharks. Over 100 million years ago, however, a tiny yet freakishly fearsome predator impaled its ...

So, imagine the surprise of the researchers who recently discovered that Dracula ants might be the fastest animals on earth. null The Dracula ant is not much of a traveler. Located mostly in the ...

A harvester ant typically approaches a cone ant nest and stands upright with her mandibles open (all worker ants are female).