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 ...

The rack became one of the most infamous instruments of torture in medieval Europe, used to extract confessions in cases of treason and heresy. Though never formally sanctioned under English common ...

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 ...