Learn how matabele ants rescue their injured comrades when they are on hunting raids, take them back to the nest, and heal their injuries.

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 ...

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Some ants chomp off the infected limbs of nestmates to boost their chances of survival, making them the only recorded non-human animals to perform amputations to save another’s life. We already knew ...

Paramedic Matabele ants show organized healthcare and care for injured group members I'm always looking for new and interesting studies of nonhuman animals (animals), especially those that show ...

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