Despite having identical genes, carpenter worker ants vary wildly in their behaviors and appearances ... “Ants provide this amazing system to help understand some of the determinants of behavior ...

Limb amputations are performed by surgeons when a traumatic injury such as a wound from war or a vehicle accident causes major tissue destruction or in instances of serious infection or disease.

Insects like ants heal their fellow species, and they even perform surgeries. Biologist Erik Frank is researching their methods. He believes that humans can also benefit from them.