It’s an unfortunate fact of life: Cuts happen to good people. But, under most circumstances, you can clean it, slap a bandage on your wound, and move on with your life. Sometimes, though, things don’t ...

The African Matabele ants are often injured in fights with termites. Their conspecifics recognize when the wounds become infected and initiate antibiotic treatment. The Matabele ants (Megaponera ...

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Shorter wound healing time, fewer dressing changes and the opportunity for earlier discharge from the hospital. These are some of the benefits of negative pressure wound therapy to treat wound ...

An African ant seems to be the only known species, besides humans, that can diagnose infected wounds and treat them with antimicrobial medicine. Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) are relatively large ...

When infected wounds – often arising from surgery, diabetes or everyday injuries – fail to heal, they can become chronic infections that linger for weeks and become difficult ...

Saving lives through surgery is no longer exclusive to humans. Scientists now detail how Florida carpenter ants, a common, brown species native to its namesake, selectively treat the wounded limbs of ...

Whether it’s the sting of a paper cut or the trauma of battle injury, wounds are woven into the tapestry of human experience. And since ancient times, we’ve fought the enemy that lurks within them – ...