ant

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Comparisons with the modern ant genus Liometopum, which is found today in North America and warmer parts of Europe, offer clues about how the extinct species may have lived.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Bernard Suits, a philosopher who focused on sports, disagreed, and he drew on Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper in his inventive rebuttal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Within about a minute, a cone ant would emerge and climb onto the larger ant.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

I was sitting on a fire ant hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

They moved on to the next post, Mustard on their heels, muzzle littered with ant parts.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby