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 ...

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Some ants have wings, which are longer in the front and shorter by their hind legs. The presence of wings indicates an ant’s fertility—ants with wings are either queens or the drones whose job ...

When you're really close, an agitated throng coats the nearest plant parts like bristling fur, each ant lifting its body high on four legs, raising its gaster—the largest and hindmost segment of ...