Panda ants have unique markings, but they are actually not related to panda bears or ants: they are a type of wasp!

A team of biologists, neurologists and chemists at Indiana University has discovered why the velvet ant's sting is so painful to so many different types of creatures. In their paper published in ...

Wasps aren’t normally admired for their looks, but one species—Traumatomutilla bifurca, a Brazilian velvet ant—is unlike any other. It has ultra-dark markings that reflect less than 1 ...

Again, these are not cuddly creatures! Panda ants are also called velvet ants due to their plush fur, which comes in different colors for the males of the species. See one of these impressive ...