video: The animation shows the changes in form as the trap-jaw mechanism becomes more divergent from the ancestral form. The jaws (yellow) develop small projections that can latch onto the labrum ...

Scientists are beginning to solve a mystery involving three ants: A headhunter, a formidable biter, and a kidnapper. For 60 years, scientists have known that one species of small, rust-colored ant ...

March 2 (UPI) --How did the trap-jaw ant evolve such a complex mechanism for snatching its prey? Today, the mandibles of trap-jaw ants take many forms, suggesting a tremendous level of anatomical ...

Trap-jaw ants can slam their jaws together with extraordinary speed, with the tips of their mandibles racing at up to roughly 120 miles per hour. How they could perform such attacks, repeatedly, ...

The speedy mandibles of Strumigenys ants developed repeatedly throughout the world, explaining how evolution creates new abilities to help a species survive. Ants gather on a dewy peony bud. (Image ...

Add Formica archboldi ants to the rotating cast of Florida creatures haunting your nightmares. The state’s most metal ant tricks a powerful species known as trap-jaw ants by chemically mimicking them ...

Sometimes the best solution to a sticky situation is a quick escape, and few escapes are faster than a trap-jaw ant’s. Powerful jaws feature so prominently in science articles and documentaries that ...

The ants' jaws reach speeds of 120 mph. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Moving at speeds thousands of times faster than the blink ...

Floridian Formica archboldi ants have eclectic interior decorating tastes, to say the least: Whereas most ant species are content to cozy up in sand- or soil-filled mounds, F. archboldi prefer to ...

Trap-jaw ants snap their mandibles shut with one of the fastest movements in the animal world. Using a spring-loaded mechanism, they can bring their jaws together at up to 60m/s. That's fast enough to ...