Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up picture of a bullet ant displaying its fangs while standing on a leaf. Ants that inflict the world's most painful ...

This video examines the bullet ant, widely regarded as having the most painful insect sting in the world. Its venom triggers immediate, overwhelming pain that can last for hours. The species inhabits ...

Ants may be small, but some species pack a powerful punch with their venom. Among these, the South American bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) is famous for delivering one of the most excruciating stings ...

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 ...

University of Queensland researchers have shown for the first time that some of the world’s most painful ant stings target nerves, like snake and scorpion venom. Dr Sam Robinson and colleagues at UQ’s ...

Bull ants and bullet ants deliver stings that are not just painful, but biologically designed to disable threats fast. This ...