You may be surprised to discover that ants do it too. Scientists have found that one species, the common, brown Florida carpenter ants which hail from the American state, have medical intelligence.

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world. Droves of ants spray formic acid produced by a venom gland at ...

Ants bite off injured limbs of fellow ants in an emergency in order to ensure their survival, a study has found. The Florida carpenter ants (Camponotus floridanus) amputate limbs as a ...

Despite being home to a whole cast of creepy crawlies, barely anyone has died from a spider bite in Australia in decades. We ...