In a laboratory in Connecticut, a palm-sized silicone robot scrunches up its body to inch forward in a caterpillar-like motion. A brick tips over onto its leg, trapping it as it struggles to move on.

A young woman is set to have her legs amputated after they locked in a position that left her struggling with daily tasks. 21 ...

A nurse in Wisconsin who amputated the foot of her patient without his permission — and wanted to display it in her family’s taxidermy shop — pleaded no contest to abusing a patient and will not face ...

Some ants farm. Some farm fungi for their food. And now, scientists have realized that when an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy to perform a lifesaving limb amputation. Not only ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin man faces sentencing next year for amputating a woman’s finger as part of a ritual to commemorate a fellow rap music fan. Twenty-four-year-old Jonathan Schrap pleaded ...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHP/WKRC) - A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday on multiple felony charges related to animal abuse after allegedly amputating his dog's leg with scissors. ** Warning: Images may be ...

Another nurse said Mary K. Brown planned to preserve the foot for display at her family’s taxidermy shop with a sign reading, "Wear your boots, kids" Wisconsin nurse Mary K. Brown pleaded no contest ...