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A Matabele ant tends to the wound of a fellow ant whose legs were bitten off in a fight with termites. (Erik Frank/University of Wuerzburg)

Putting the "ant" in antibiotics

Rae Hodge
Close-up of yellow crazy ant on green leaf (Getty Images/afe207)

Crazy ants with crazier genetics

Pamela Appea
Zombie hand emerging from the ground (Getty Images/Marc Mateos)

Zombies abound in nature

Troy Farah
(Getty/KyleNelson)

How ants defy gravity

Deby Cassill - The Conversation
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Harvard University Professor E.O. Wilson in his office at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. USA. Professor Wilson is a biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author. He is considered to be the world's leading authority on the study of ants. (Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

E.O. Wilson's ant passion

Doug Tallamy - The Conversation
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A conversation can make an ant fertile

Matthew Rozsa
(Julia Gartland / Food52)

How to get rid of ants in the kitchen

Ariel Scotti - Food52
(Getty/KyleNelson)

Ants' collective intelligence

Craig Tovey - The Conversation
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Ants and odors

Matthew Rozsa
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml%3Fid=137669567&src=csl_recent_image-1'>Klanarong Chitmung</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

JUSTIN NOBEL - Nautilus
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