The research suggests that dirt ants once inhabited the Caribbean islands before vanishing during the Miocene epoch.

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In the ancient landscapes of what is now northeastern Brazil, 113 million years ago, an unusual ant with bizarre ...

Learn about the extinct species of "dirt ant" that was found in 16-million-year-old Dominican amber, adding an important ...

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

The revolutionary discovery debunks previous beliefs about dirt ants and even geography. Here's what they found.

Against the background of the complex and changing global economic situation, especially the uncertainty of the market ...

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

A piece of amber from the early Miocene was discovered in the northern mines of the Santiago Providence of the Dominican Republic and then deposited in a natural history museum, according to a study ...

The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...

The ant was identified as a worker ... (0.21 inches), making it the smallest known species within the Basiceros genus, according to the release. “Our results show that the embiggening of ...

Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...