A hell ant that lived 99 million years ago has been discovered trapped in a piece of amber, in the process of killing a prehistoric extinct cockroach relative. The ant, Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri, is ...

If you thought dinosaurs were scary, wait until you hear about "hell ants." Experts have discovered a fossilized piece of amber encasing the 99-million-year-old insect with its jaws about to devour an ...

A 99-million-year-old piece of amber trapped this worker hell ant grasping an ancient relative of modern cockroaches in its unique jaws, which swung upwards unlike all modern ants. NJIT, Chinese ...

The idea that prehistoric animals may be trapped perfectly in amber, preserved for millions of years, isn’t just a staple of dino-cloning sci-fi franchises like “Jurassic Park.” On Thursday, ...