An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

The sting of a female velvet ant is one of the most painful in the animal kingdom. Now, researchers have discovered that these insects have multiple proteins in their venom that make it ...

The scarlet velvet ant is very well known for its extremely painful sting. Less well known is that the velvet ant is not actually an ant at all—it is a type of wingless parasitic wasp. The ...

Female red velvet ants are wingless and have a solid, painful sting. For this reason, they are referred to as cow killers. Contrastingly, the male velvet ant has wings and no sting. However, their ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

An international team of scientists recently published detailed studies of a Brazilian species of velvet ant that they discovered to have superblack, or ultrablack, patches. An ultrablack ...

“Cable Girls” lead Yon Gonzalez and Samantha Siqueiros, from “Money Heist” prequel “Berlin,” are set to topline Telemundo’s remake of Spanish hit series “Velvet.” They are joined ...

Claudia, 52, looked effortlessly chic in a black velvet blazer and skinny jeans that ... She also posed for snaps with Trudie - married to musician Sting - who looked glamorous in a metallic ...