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

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

Q: Why did ants make it all over the Americas while anteaters are only found in South America? Chris Bristol | Grants Pass, Oregon As specialized feeders, anteaters—which include the giant ...

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 ...

A two foot long tongue? That is a key feature of the Giant Anteater and you'll soon be able to see it for yourself at the Tulsa Zoo. On Monday, the zoo broke ground on the Clayton and Gina Hughes ...

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 ...