An ancient dirt ant encased in 16-million-year-old amber was unearthed from the Dominican Republic, and it's the first fossilized Basiceros dirt ant ever found in the Caribbean. A team of researchers ...

Paleontologists have unearthed an ancient dirt ant trapped in 16-million-year-old amber from the Dominican Republic. Interestingly, this is the first fossilized Basiceros dirt ant ever found in the ...

Wherever there's dirt there's bound to be ants, but one particular group is so adept at blending in with the ground that they hold the name "dirt ant" (Basiceros) all to themselves. Now, an ancient ...

Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction ...

In rural Prentiss County, on a triangle of land cornered between a stretch of U.S. 45 and Twenty Mile Creek, Joanna Byrd ...

Artistic rendition of Basiceros enana preserved in Dominican amber from CT-scan data. Specialized hairs used for picking up dirt can be seen highlighted in yellow covering the ants’ legs and head.