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

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

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

This makes them easy targets for another ant, Megalomyrmex symmetochus, which lives as a parasite in their colonies, feeding on the fungus and sometimes the hosts' larva. For many newborn wasps ...

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.

Then he topped himself, and every other filmmaker of the time, with the film-noir-gone-mad genius of “Blue Velvet” (1986). Then came the dread-drenched soap opera of “Twin Peaks” (kicking ...

He was also an abstract painter, photographer and sculptor whose prints and constructions echoed the underlying discomfort that was constant in “Mulholland Drive” and “Blue Velvet.” ...

This article originally appeared in the January 1985 issue of Esquire. To read every Esquire story ever published, upgrade to All Access. “Cartoon number three,” Lynch says to the Reader ...

Lynch made his mark as a screenwriter and director of surrealist media, often probing the disturbing undertones of everyday life, particularly in suburban or small-town America. A man of unique ...

Nonetheless, the discovery of the ultrablack cuticle in the Brazilian velvet ant, Traumatomutilla bifurca, makes this species unique amongst their relatives, the bees, wasps and ants. Despite ...

One of Hollywood’s worst weeks in years just got worse. David Lynch, the four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Wild at Heart, The Elephant Man and ...

Renée Zellweger will go anywhere for love. The two-time Oscar winner offered a rare glimpse into her relationship with Ant Anstead, sharing that she planted roots outside of Hollywood to stay ...