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.

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

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 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.

From tiny nuisances to powerful predators, ants are some of the most fascinating, diverse and sometimes deadliest insects on ...

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 ...

“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 ...

A curious summer encounter with rogue ants turns into a humorous journey through science, myth, and the mysterious habits of ...

Greenhead and bullet ant venoms target the same proteins in mammalian nerve cells as yellow fat-tailed scorpion (Androctonus australis) venom.(Image credit: Shutterstock) To find out, the team ...

Man caught trying to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas on a plane. In addition to the spiders, the South Korean traveler also had 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants in containers taped to his body ...