Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators – the echidna – that also could have implications for people with long-term pain, University of ...

Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators – the echidna – that also could have implications for people with long-term pain, University of ...

Worker bull ants have military-style night vision, while their higher status winged nest mates see best during the day, Australian researchers have discovered. The research led by Dr Ajay Narendra ...

Some ant species are aggressive and pose danger. Encounters are becoming common due to growing cities and shifting weather. Bullet ant sting causes electric shock-like pain. Maricopa harvester ant ...

Nocturnal bull ants can use low-level moonlight to navigate at night, according to new research. The study, published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the editors as important ...

Red fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland, with the extreme weather threatening a countrywide spread of the highly invasive species. ...

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Researchers found a bull ant venom component that exploits a pain pathway in mammals, which they believe evolved to stop echidnas attacking the ant's nests. Australian bull ants have evolved a venom ...