The pain, swelling, and itchy sensational associated with these bites is from formic acid, which is ... dangerous types of ...

Badgers, foxes and green woodpeckers are probably the main ant predators. They attempt to defend themselves from predators (and humans) by producing and spraying formic acid - a smelly substance ...

The defensive spray, formic acid, is common to many ant species (some 13,000 worldwide), but the reds were the contributors ... A big opportunity for a small, crowded and beautiful country': Fiona ...

Should any creature venture within smelling distance of the nests, weaver ant soldiers will boil out to bite and spray bullets of formic acid. In the Solomon Islands during World War II ...

The acid from fire ants (known as formic acid) reacts with your skin and damages it ... To track what is happening with the acid, we will use an indicator that is made from natural, cochineal dye ...

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. While doing so, each ...