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
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
A quarter of all pigs have died this year due to African swine fever
5 November 2019
The hunt is on for a vaccine for African swine fever, after a quarter of the world's domestic pigs have died this year, including half of all the pigs in China
London’s public spaces are rife with multidrug-resistant bacteria
1 August 2019
Antibiotic resistance genes have been found in high proportions of Staphylococcus bacteria isolated from commonly touched surfaces in shopping centres, train stations and hospitals in London
Newly-discovered fungi turn luckless ants into kamikaze zombies
26 February 2018
Fifteen more species of “zombie ant fungus” have been discovered, and they all force their hosts to die in creative ways to further their own life cycle
I tried ingesting rat tapeworm parasites and my poo turned green
7 August 2017
With the news that a worm product is being considered for approval as a food ingredient in Germany, Andy Coghlan decided to try out a parasite product
Parasitic worm eggs may soon be legally sold as food in Germany
7 August 2017
Thousands have been infecting themselves with parasites to treat conditions like depression and multiple sclerosis, but we don’t yet know if it works
