Powerful Trap-jaw Ants are Gaining Ground in the Southeastern United States
Trap-jaw ant species are active hunters with venomous stings and jaws powerful enough to fling themselves through the air. According to new research, they are also spreading into new territory […]
Six New Dracula Ants Discovered in Madagascar
Six new species of Dracula ants from the Malagasy region have been discovered by scientists at the California Academy of Sciences. The discoveries, by postdoctoral fellow Masashi Yoshimura from Japan […]
New Slave-making Ant Discovered in North America
Scientists from the University of Mainz and the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Goerlitz recently described a new slave-making ant species from the eastern USA. They baptized the new ant […]