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.

How much does a bee sting hurt, exactly? How about a bullet ant bite? An entomologist has built an index ranking insect stings — after getting... No Pain, No Scientific Gain: One Man's Quest To ...

Some ants employ powerful neurotoxins to deliver painful stings to mammals. You don’t want to be bitten by a South American bullet ant — one bite can cause intense pain and uncontrollable trembling ...

For the record, ant bites aren’t as common as you might think. “All ants can bite but they rarely do unless harassed,” says Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Ph.D., associate director of community & urban ...