A bullet ant displays its fangs while sitting on a leaf. Ants that inflict the world's most painful stings do so by injecting venom that targets their victim's nerve cells, new research has found.

Researchers from the University of Queensland have made a groundbreaking discovery that reveals the presence of neurotoxins in ant stings, akin to the venom found in snakes and scorpions, we learned ...

If you’ve been stung by an ant, you know how painful it can be. Australian researchers have found that some of the most painful ant stings are caused by nerve-targeting neurotoxins. But, unlike those ...