A. brevis ants waiting to ambush their giant prey. Schmidt et al. Crucial to the success of these “group ambush” attacks is the location of the traps. The ants set up shop in the branches of plants ...

Tropical ants build and set a trap that resembles a medieval torture rack. They use this ingenious setup to capture insect prey much larger than themselves, then rip the victim apart. These ants have ...

Scientists have stretched slivers of skin to twice their size in a week using a robotic bioreactor that is akin to a medieval rack. Scientists have stretched slivers of skin to twice their size in a ...