Think back to a time you helped someone move a heavy object, such as a couch. While at first the task may have appeared ...

Insects like ants heal their fellow species, and they even perform surgeries. Biologist Erik Frank is researching their ...

Close up of Florida carpenter ants' red face with grey eyes Last year an ant species was caught using antibiotics – now, another has been observed performing amputations. Researchers have just ...

Florida carpenter ants were observed cleaning wounds and carrying out leg amputations to save the lives of their ... a type of surgical intervention previously only seen in humans. Injury-prone ants.

Like in humans, ants were far less likely to amputate if the injury was farther ... Wound care has been documented in other ant species that apply an antibiotically effective glandular secretion ...

The Matabele ants (Megaponera analis), which are widespread south of the Sahara, have a narrow diet: They only eat termites. Their hunting expeditions are dangerous because termite soldiers defend ...

Florida carpenter ants were observed cleaning wounds and carrying out leg amputations to save the lives of their nestmates, according to a new study. CNN values your feedback 1.

Humans are no longer the only species on Earth that can perform surgery to save lives.A new study says that certain species of ants can not only detect injuries in colony members but also decide ...

Matabele ants recognize infected wounds and treat them with antibiotics. by Robert Emmerich, Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgJulius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg ...