Humans aren’t the only ones capable of performing amputations to save lives. Florida carpenter ants have been observed biting off the injured limbs of nestmates, depending on the location of the ...

A study conducted by Princeton University together with researchers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology has found that ants can build a bridge made up of the bodies of worker ants. This ...

Scientists have discovered that Florida carpenter ants perform life-saving amputations on injured nestmates, a level of medical intervention previously only observed in humans. The ants assess wound ...

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