Some species of trap-jaw ants use their spring-loaded mandibles to hurl themselves out of harm's way when an ant-trapping predator stalks, researchers report in the journal PLOS ONE. This dramatic ...

It’s a trap! But after tumbling into a predator's sandy pit, some trap-jaw ants use their spring-loaded mandibles to literally hurl themselves away from danger. The finding, reported this week in PLOS ...

Scientists have shown that body-flinging escape jumps by trap-jaw ants are more than just a neat insectoid party trick. As its name implies, the trap-jaw ant has an incredibly powerful chomp. As they ...

In a study published in PLOS ONE, entomologists Fredrick Larabee and Andrew Suarez provided evidence that trap-jaw ants can also use their high-velocity mandibles for “ballistic jaw propulsion.” In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Insecta larva Myrmeleon formicarius or common antlion, family Myrmeleontidae, order Neuroptera. Predator, buries itself in the ...

Trap-jaw ants are fearsome predators with jaws that can snap closed at speeds near 100 miles per hour. It's one of the fastest animal movements that's ever been recorded. But when forced to go head-to ...

If you're an ant, running into an antlion is as a bad as it sounds. But a team of researchers have figured out that one kind of ant, the trap-jaw ant, has a unique way of escaping the burrowing ...

Some species of trap-jaw ants may use their spring-loaded mandibles to hurl themselves out of harm's way when an ant-trapping predator stalks, according to a study published May 13, 2015 in the ...