This method utilized the powerful mandibles of certain ant species to act as natural sutures, effectively sealing wounds and ...

The Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) of sub-Saharan Africa eat only termites. Unfortunately, the fierce mandibles of termite soldiers cause injuries that, if infected, can turn fatal. Ants back ...

Ancient armies used ants as natural sutures to close wounds during battle. In India, Africa, and South America, soldiers and indigenous tribes employed large ants with strong mandibles to bite ...

Like battlefield medics, Florida carpenter ants are the first known animal to triage wounds and adapt treatments. In a first, researchers have observed that a species of Florida carpenter ant ...

Studying army ants for a living comes with certain occupational hazards. "They're very aggressive," says Isabella Muratore at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. "They have venom, so they will ...

There are 20 quadrillion ants worldwide, according to a new census, or 2.5 million for every living human. There are probably even more than that. By Rebecca Dzombak Right now, ants are scurrying ...

You might want to leave those pesty little ants in your garden alone. New research says the tiny creatures are more effective than pesticides in helping farmers grow bountiful crops. The study ...