Has a crucial component to the development of human medicine been hiding under our feet? Auburn University Assistant ...

Research shows that some ants have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical ...

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 ...

While one would be hard-pressed to find virtually any similarities between ants and humans, the two species seem to share an unusual ability despite their seemingly unbridgeable differences—they can ...

Some ants herd aphids. Some farm fungi. And now, scientists have realized that when an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy to... Like humans, these ants can perform leg amputations ...

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it's rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and ...

Ants in Florida perform life-saving surgery on their peers, scientists have discovered. They are only the second animal in the world known to do this — along with humans. The researchers found that ...

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it’s rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and ...

While humans may think of agriculture as a uniquely human achievement, ants have been farming their own food for millions of years, a new study has revealed. Researchers found that ants began ...

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It's not just people who love the food in New York City. So do certain ants. The most common species of ant found on the pavements of New York City and in cities around the world has a taste for human ...