Released Feb. 13, 2024, "Velvet Ants of North America" is a first-of-its-kind volume aimed at helping both professional and amateur entomologists identify and learn about the more than 450 known ...

The email from Trip Lamb, biology professor at Eastern Carolina University, said, “As a velvet ant sting survivor, you may appreciate the attached.” The attachment was a scientific paper titled “The ...

The sting of a female velvet ant is one of the most painful in the animal kingdom. Now, researchers have discovered that these insects have multiple proteins in their venom that make it exquisitely ...