video: The animation shows the changes in form as the trap-jaw mechanism becomes more divergent from the ancestral form. The jaws (yellow) develop small projections that can latch onto the labrum ...

Trap-jaw ants can slam their jaws together with extraordinary speed, with the tips of their mandibles racing at up to roughly 120 miles per hour. How they could perform such attacks, repeatedly, ...

The speedy mandibles of Strumigenys ants developed repeatedly throughout the world, explaining how evolution creates new abilities to help a species survive. Ants gather on a dewy peony bud. (Image ...

Sometimes the best solution to a sticky situation is a quick escape, and few escapes are faster than a trap-jaw ant’s. Powerful jaws feature so prominently in science articles and documentaries that ...

Scientists are beginning to solve a mystery involving three ants: A headhunter, a formidable biter, and a kidnapper. For 60 years, scientists have known that one species of small, rust-colored ant ...