A tiny fossil preserved in 16 million-year-old amber revealed an extinct Caribbean species that mastered the art of ...

Photomicrograph of Basiceros enana, a newly discovered extinct dirt ant species preserved in Dominican amber, formed from ...

In the heart of Canada's Rocky Mountains, an unassuming yet remarkable butterfly has been quietly flying under our scientific ...

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

The Kenya Wildlife Service said the four men were involved in trafficking the ants to markets in Europe and Asia, and that the species included messor cephalotes, a distinctive, large and red ...

Biologists at NJIT unearth a buried chapter in the evolution of dirt ants, uncovering first fossil evidence that one of Earth ...

The ancient fossil shows these elusive ants have a longer history connected to Earth's soil than previously thought.

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

Belgian nationals Lornoy David, left, and Seppe Lodewijckx, right, who admitted to charges related to the illegal possession and trafficking of live queen ants to sell as exotic pets, appear at ...

any patch of skin that happened to be unsheathed as the eminent evolutionary biologist has crept through tropical rainforests studying some of the most aggressive ant species in the world.

My answer changes every day. Because there are so many steps along the way to de-extinction, there is no particular species that is an ideal candidate for being brought back to life. The best ...