A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

Preserved in limestone and dating back 113 million years, the specimen is now the oldest known ant fossil, according to a new ...

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen species of "hell ant" that lived 113 million years ago, making it the oldest ...

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a new report. The hell ant, which was preserved in limestone, is a member ...

The tiny insect, fossilized in a chunk of limestone in Brazil, is the oldest known ant specimen ever identified. Even better, ...

Researchers in Brazil found a fossilized hell ant in a rock, suggesting the insect was more widespread than previously ...

Therapsids, the ancient relatives of mammals, once roamed Earth in great numbers during the middle to late Permian period.

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a report publishing in ...

Scientists say it is a member of Haidomyrmecinae - an extinct group that only lived during the Cretaceous period.

Previously, the oldest known ants came from amber in France and Myanmar, dating back about 100 million years. This new specimen pushes that date back by 13 million years. More importantly, it’s the ...