An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black exterior is an evolutionary advantage.

Velvet ants are known as “indestructible insects”, in part because of their painful stings (and because they scream when threatened) but also because of their incredibly hard exoskeletons.

By James WoodfordThe sting of a female velvet ant is one of the most painful in the animal kingdom. Now, researchers have discovered that these insects have multiple proteins in their venom that make ...

David Lynch, Director of ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Twin Peaks,’ Dies at 78 The American filmmaker drawn to the dark and surreal created movies and TV shows that became cult classics David Lynch.

It has been recently reported that a species of wasp wasp , which is a member of the bee family but lives on the ground like an ant, has ultrablack colors. BJNANO - Ultrablack color in velvet ant ...

Meet the Brazilian Velvet Ant, a Rare ‘Ultra-Black’ Wasp That’s So Dark It Absorbs Almost All Visible Light While the distinctive coloration is thought to be a warning to predators, it also ...

Blue Velvet was the most autobiographical of Lynch’s films, mostly because it featured images drawn from his own childhood in the Pacific Northwest.

Laura Dern had to drop out of UCLA because the college refused to let her take time off to film "Blue Velvet." ...

Velvet Ants' Rare Ultrablack Markings Are So Dark They Absorb Nearly All Visible Light They absorb most ultraviolet light too.

Laura Dern has revealed her university forced her to drop out after she secured a role in David Lynch ’s 1986 film Blue Velvet. The Jurassic Park actor, 57, starred in the noir-horror as a ...