Velvet ants have a series of anti-predator warning signals, including bright colours, a defensive chemical odour and a loud squeak. These tell a predator that the wasp is not worth pursuing. Female ...

In the animal kingdom, scarlet velvet ants are known to deliver some of the most excruciatingly painful stings. These insects live on the ground, but they are not actually ants at all. Instead ...

But scurrying across this land of extreme whiteness is, paradoxically, one of the darkest animals on Earth: a species of velvet ant known as Traumatomutilla bifurca. With its furry exterior and ...