Ferocious ants bite like a bullet
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Trap-jaw ants have the fastest predatory limb movements ever recorded in the animal kingdom, scientists say.
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Scientists have identified a new bug which has evolved in insects to attack humans.
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The chemical con trick used by Alcon blue butterfly larvae to get ants to take care of them is detailed by scientists.
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SPACE.com / Insect bite marks in ancient leaf fossils are shedding new light on how nature bounced back after an asteroid impact killed off the dinosaurs and much of life on Earth 65 million years ago.
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A supersonic bullet is fired with a record-breaking 10 megajoules of muzzle energy.
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Australian locust fighters are getting on top of one of the worst outbreaks of the insects in decades, knocking out infestations before they begin to swarm and so far protecting crops from major damage.
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Red fire ants, whose fiery sting can sometimes be fatal to humans, have been found near the entrance to a Disneyland theme park in Hong Kong, a company official said Friday.
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Astronomers have spotted two monster galactic clusters slamming together in one of the biggest collisions ever recorded. The smash-up poses no danger to Earth -- it is about 800 million light-years away, and
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A swarm of bees that attacked a work crew earlier this month may be of the Africanized variety, which would mark the furthest north the so-called "killer" bees have traveled in the United States, scientists said.
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A record number of attacks have seen two bird of prey species wiped out in a part of the Peak District.
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Coming soon: Brood XIII. It sounds like a bad horror movie. But it's actually the name of the billions of cicadas expected to emerge this month in parts of the Midwest after spending 17 years underground
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Bite your tongue, Jaws. This prehistoric sea predator packed the most powerful bite of any fish ever&#151;strong enough to shear a shark in half, scientists say.
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Eeek! Imagine a rodent that weighed a ton and was as big as a bull.
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The cane toad is growing so big and hopping so rapidly into new territory that they are developing severe arthritis.
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By B.C. Manion, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 2--LITHIA -- Lynn Barber's favorite hobby, gardening, sounds placid enough, but it's fraught with danger.   Once, while transplanting a citrus tree, she was swarmed by fire ants.
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Prehistoric humans were infected with a bug that causes stomach ulcers, a study has shown.
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It doesn't make as much noise as the coqui frog, but the little fire ant has invaded the Big Island, stinging fruit pickers and homeowners alike.