Researchers found a bull ant venom component that exploits a pain pathway in mammals, which they believe evolved to stop echidnas attacking the ant's nests. Australian bull ants have evolved a venom ...

Nocturnal bull ants can use low-level moonlight to navigate at night, according to new research. The study, published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the editors as important ...

Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators – the echidna – that also could have implications for people with long-term pain, University of ...

They may have a brain the size of a pinhead and terrible eyesight, but bull ants can navigate at night using even the faintest polarised light emitted by a crescent moon. Light from the sun and the ...

In this high-stakes insect showdown, the bull ant and the bullet ant go head-to-head in a battle of the most painful stings on Earth. Discover which venomous bite packs the deadliest punch and how ...

Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators—the echidna—that also could have implications for people with long-term pain, University of ...