ant

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Among the discoveries, the ant attracted the most attention.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

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

I was sitting on a fire ant hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

I knew he’d have to do something to try to top my little ant joke.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel