The Bullet Ant 2.0 has already proved popular on Kickstarter, more than doubling its goal of raising AU$7,753. Its makers, MeTool, took what drew users to the first iteration and improved upon it.

The Amazon’s bullet ant may be tiny, but this little insect has the most painful sting in the world. At just 1.2 inches long, the bullet ant doesn’t look like that dangerous of an insect.

The bullet ant is right up near the top, accompanied by the tarantula hawk (a species we can discuss another day). He describes the bullet ant’s sting as “pure, intense, brilliant pain…like walking ...

Some ant species are aggressive and pose danger. Encounters are becoming common due to growing cities and shifting weather.

The Bullet Ant 2.0 Titanium bolt action multitool pen is a remarkable innovation in the world of tactical gear, building on the success of its predecessor, the first-generation Bullet Ant.

Bullet ant. emills1/Flickr Scientific name: Paraponera clavata. Range: Central America and South America. Description: "Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking over a flaming ...

“Bullet ant stings can be painful for up to 12 hours and it’s a deep drilling pain you feel in your bones with sweating and goosebumps, quite unlike the 10-minute impact of a typical bee sting,” said ...

The bullet ant looks like an unassuming — yet quite large — ant. But under that mild-mannered exoskeleton the ant harbors a venomous sting so painful some — including entomologist Justin ...

The tarantula hawk wasp is a four on the Schmidt sting pain index. Rankin1958/Wikimedia Commons After being stung by a wasp or two, most of us learn that we'd rather avoid creatures that can cause ...

“I can’t even imagine how bad the bullet ant is gonna be,” he says, his finger still bleeding from the havoc the leafcutter wreaked on it. The 53 seconds is a countdown.

Despite their previous experience with all things Naked and Afraid, bullet ants were something that they just weren't able to avoid. Beau explained the sensation of being bitten by bullet ants, ...