Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

Deep in the forests of Borneo lives one of the most extraordinary insects ever discovered: the exploding ant. When its colony comes under attack, this tiny defender does something almost unbelievable.

What do Asian needle ants look like? Asian needle ants are about the size of a fire ant with dark and shiny bodies plus lighter antennae and legs, a long jaw, and big stinger. Where do Asian needle ...

A gargantuan fireworks detonation likely caused by someone smoking a cigarette obliterated several homes and injured five ...

The unsettling boom, rumble and shaking heard and felt across Greater Boston Saturday afternoon may have come from a meteor. First reports of the sound came at 2:11 p.m. Saturday, according to 1 ...

A trailer loaded with fireworks erupted in flames along a Tennessee interstate Saturday night, sending pyrotechnics shooting across the roadway and forcing authorities to temporarily shut down traffic ...

The clock is ticking for President Donald Trump to get a deal done with Iran. Or maybe it’s the other way around: Iran could be dealing with a ticking time bomb – in its own oil wells! With just days ...

An outdoor family movie night in D.C.’s Eckington neighborhood was cut short when a group of people threw lit fireworks into ...

Sunday Cocktail Corner is a series dedicated to finding just the right libation for the situation. It was a portentous week for the future of American space exploration, there’s no doubt about that.

Newly found immune cells called ‘ruptoblasts’ explode when triggered, ejecting toxic chemicals capable of delivering death to surrounding cells in just minutes. The cells’ discoverers say that this ...