An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

Velvet ants in general are quite colorful ... and are more likely to encounter defending adults at nests. This raises intriguing questions about the role of ultrablack in their ecology ...

Ants may seem harmless, but some species pose serious threats due to their venom, aggressive behavior, or destructive habits.

But scurrying across this land of extreme whiteness is, paradoxically, one of the darkest animals on Earth: a species of velvet ant known as Traumatomutilla bifurca. With its furry exterior and ...

Velvet ants, equipped with powerful stings and tough ... who spend significant time exposed while searching for host nests. Humans have also gotten pretty good at designing ultrablack materials.

Velvet ants are solitary insects. Males have wings and search for the wingless females on the ground. Once they find each other and mate, the wasps go their separate ways. When the female is ready to ...

Enthusiastically social insects, ants typically live in structured nest communities that may be ... including the velvet ant, which is actually a hairy, wingless wasp. — University of Nebraska ...

BRASILIA, Brazil – A new study has revealed the complex makeup of an ant found in South America that can absorb nearly all visible light. Researchers analyzed the velvet ant’s exoskeleton and ...