This cool-looking insect is black with white spots, like a mini version of a panda bear. It is also fuzzy, with soft fur covering its body. But despite their fun name and cute look, panda ants ...

Velvet ants, equipped with powerful stings and tough exoskeletons, amplify their warning message with this intense blackness. Interestingly, only female velvet ants exhibit this ultrablack coloration.

At the University of Akron Field Station, Dr Chelsea Miller, an assistant biology professor, joined students to hunt for ants ...