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![A slow-motion movie of a trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus brunneus) releasing its mandibles.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fC2Bj9sWeusJ5YxRNAKrvM-320-80.gif)
Trap-jaw ants' lightning-fast bite should rip their heads apart. Here's why it doesn't.
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A unique "dual spring" powers the ant's jaws.
![The parasitic wasp, Hambletonia dominicana, is known to prey on a variety of insects.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PLv6F5fmH8PQaJpM7SKZUk-320-80.jpg)
Amber tomb of 'dancing' wasp and delicate flower also hides a gruesome secret
By Mindy Weisberger published
About 30 million years ago, resin hardened around a flower and a parasitic wasp, preserving clues to their relationship in an ancient ecosystem.
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Scientists Finally Figure Out How Bees Fly
By Sara Goudarzi last updated
A longstanding puzzle is resolved as exotic flight mechanisms are revealed.
![Here we see a honeybee in flight, collecting pollen at a white flower.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pMWhHHvTU87QH8Vh8LUg7G-320-80.jpg)
Do bees really die if they sting you?
By Joe Phelan published
Here's the science behind whether all bees die after stinging humans.
![A butterfly on a leaf](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8bCbFKau5Ek4gtkzqVwsbE-320-80.jpg)
What's the difference between a moth and a butterfly?
By Tia Ghose published
Though related, there are key differences between them.
![A wasp larva curls forward to take a bite out of its nestmate. Body lengths of the cannibal and its victim were about 0.8 inches (20 millimeters).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/n3jdzz7VHBtpMgF5Lv9C9P-320-80.jpg)
Cannibal wasp babies eat their siblings, because nature is brutal
By Mindy Weisberger published
When food starts running low in wasp larvae nurseries, the babies resort to cannibalism in order to survive.
![aedes aegypti mosquito](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/R4bFj7kuL5acyXXZ4g4kdg-320-80.jpg)
How do mosquitoes sniff out humans to bite?
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Some mosquitoes can smell humans from a distance.
![A scanning electron microscope image of a bloodworm's jaw, along with its four sharp copper fangs.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nrRVTrTgfR8bLXiEMHLaBa-320-80.jpg)
Venomous bloodworms grow deadly copper fangs with totally metal trick
By Ben Turner published
The worms are known to be highly aggressive and will eat anything they can swallow.
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