This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds ...

The hell ant shows how insect species evolved, adapted, and spread throughout the ancient world.

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen species of "hell ant" that lived 113 million years ago, making it the oldest ...

A bad day and a dead end for a Cretaceous ant has parlayed into some pretty spectacular science some 113 million years later.

Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant that represents the oldest hell ant specimen known to ...

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a report published in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 24.

Scientists in Brazil found a very old ant fossil. This fossil is 113 million years old. It is of a 'hell ant,' a type of ...

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds ...

suggesting unique hunting behaviors," Lepeco said. There are more than 12,000 species of ants on Earth today, and they can be found in diverse environments, from rainforests to deserts.