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

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Despite their name, velvet ants aren’t ants at all ... killers’, because of the myth that they can kill a cow with their extremely painful stings) but their coloration may serve other ...

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Visitors flock to Arches National Park in Utah to see its unique stone formations. Adventurers may encounter various creatures, so here are the ones to avoid.

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A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest Virginia.