If you thought dinosaurs were scary, wait until you hear about "hell ants." Experts have discovered a fossilized piece of amber encasing the 99-million-year-old insect with its jaws about to devour an ...

Dear Readers: Every spring, without fail, I receive numerous letters about killing insects that make life miserable. Since no one likes bugs in their home, I’m going to address this problem that many ...

The University of Arizona is officially closed, but the ants are still hungry. Someone has to chop up the cockroaches to feed them. And for that matter, somebody has to make sure the experimental mold ...

A hell ant that lived 99 million years ago has been discovered trapped in a piece of amber, in the process of killing a prehistoric extinct cockroach relative. The ant, Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri, is ...

The idea that prehistoric animals may be trapped perfectly in amber, preserved for millions of years, isn’t just a staple of dino-cloning sci-fi franchises like “Jurassic Park.” On Thursday, ...

Cockroaches can team up. A South American species is the first cockroach known to live in group nests with workers and a queen, like honeybees or leaf-cutter ants. “All cockroaches are solitary,” says ...