Animals
Florida Carpenter Ants Are the Only Insects Known to Amputate Limbs
animalsFlorida carpenter ants (Camponotus floridanus) save injured nestmates by biting off infected legs — the only known case of surgical amputation performed by a…
This Spider Runs on an 18.5-Hour Day and Shrugs Off Jet Lag Instantly
animalsThe trashline orb weaver spider operates on a natural circadian rhythm of just 18.5 hours — the shortest ever recorded in the animal kingdom. While most…