
Ants treat infected wounds of nestmates with medicine from their back
12 May 2022
Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) in sub-Saharan Africa apply an antimicrobial substance to nestmates whose limbs are lost while raiding termite nests

12 May 2022
Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) in sub-Saharan Africa apply an antimicrobial substance to nestmates whose limbs are lost while raiding termite nests

23 November 2018
The suspected link between glandular fever – mono – and multiple sclerosis has grown stronger after a trial found that treating the virus improves MS symptoms

2 August 2018
Anti-dengue mosquitoes have eliminated the virus from Townsville, Australia - the first successful large-scale use of modified mosquitoes to wipe out disease