Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in the UK have built a prototype “hairy robotic gripper” that is inspired by the hairs found on ant jaws. Ants are not only excellent nest builders but are ...

Ants range in size from the miniscule up to one inch long, and usually appear black, brown ... inside use the openings to seize it with their jaws. Another species, the yellow crazy ant ...

Using the same strong jaws to cut the leaf, the ant carries the small section of leaf over its head back to the underground nest. You might be tempted to think that the sections of leaves are ...

This is backed up by what we know from the few observations of specialized hunting behaviors in other Leptanilla ant species, where the tiny workers use their sharp jaws and powerful stings to ...