Among the many trillions of microorganisms in the human gut is Blautia luti. Like many gut bacteria, it metabolizes ...

From chimpanzees swallowing bitter leaves to ants using natural antibiotics, these animals practise a form of self-care that ...

There are some pretty strange ways that animals clean themselves. While cats groom themselves with their tongues, other ...

You don’t expect to see ants on a recipe list, but if you want to make yoghurt using the traditional Bulgarian recipe in this ...

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Ants, by contrast, have been using antibiotics for tens of millions of years, and they might hold the key to using these powerful drugs more wisely." Ants as a source of antibiotics The team looked at ...

Anyone who dismisses ants as just another pesky insect is missing some of nature’s most jaw-dropping displays, including acts of disguise, architectural genius and female domination. And that’s just ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...

Knowing how to get rid of ants around the house is important. But it’s also fun to learn just how fascinating these creatures are. They’re industrious and super smart, as far as insects go. Some ants ...