Only male velvet ants have wings and, of course, male wasps and bees don’t sting. Whit Gibbons is professor of zoology and senior biologist at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River ...

Ants are one of the most common household pests in North Carolina. The insects can be a year-round issue, but you’re more ...

However, some species have diets that are more unusual. Army ants, with their large mandibles and painful stings, may prey on reptiles, birds, or even small mammals. Ant colonies are so tightly ...

Velvet ants have enormous stingers ― half their body length ― and the research paper focused on the full defense system of ...

“These are small ants, and they don’t have stingers,” he added. “The easiest way to tell if it’s an odorous house ant is you can squish it and then smell your finger. Given the name ...