Surprisingly gently. That’s how Odontomachus ants use their trap jaws to move soft, wriggly larvae around the nest. When ants hunt, though, those same jaws can smack shut at speeds exceeding 200 ...

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 ...

Trap-jaw ants can slam their jaws together with extraordinary speed, with the tips of their mandibles racing at up to roughly 120 miles per hour. How they could perform such attacks, repeatedly ...

Trap-jaw ants have an amazing weapon: their mouth. Their spring-loaded jaws are capable of snapping shut as fast as 60 meters/second (134 miles/hr) and can generate forces over 300 times their ...

The trap-jaw ant has a won notorious reputation in the insect kingdom for its super-strong, spring-loaded mandibles, which it uses to crush prey with ease and defend its nests. However ...

Thanks to specialized muscles in their trap-like jaws, ants in the Strumigenys genus use a latch-spring effect to strike prey before it hops out of reach. Led by Douglas Booher, the team examined ...

In a sharply criticized opinion, an appellate panel in New Brunswick allowed the state Fish and Game Council to continue its pretense that a modified steel-jaw leg-hold trap is not a steel-jaw ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- 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 ...