Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Matabele ant tends to the wound of a fellow ant whose legs were bitten off in a fight with termites. When the team applied soil ...

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 ...

The Matabele ants (Megaponera analis), which are widespread south of the Sahara, have a narrow diet: They only eat termites. Their hunting expeditions are dangerous because termite soldiers defend ...

Matabele ants, which are native to sub-Saharan Africa, send out several raiding parties every day to hunt down their favorite meal: termites. But with their powerful jaws that can easily tear off tiny ...

Ants and termites are at war, and it's not the strongest one who wins, but the fastest. At Comoé National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, Matabele ants are always on the hunt for their favourite meal: termites ...

The African Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) tend to the wounds of their injured comrades. And they do so rather successfully: Without such attendance, 80 percent of the injured ants die; after ...

Sub-Saharan Matabele ants are ruthless killers, raiding termite mounds two to four times each day. But every once in a while, an ant gets hurt and is hauled back home to recuperate—an astonishing ...

The Matabele ants in sub-Saharan Africa raid termite nests two to four times a day. During these dangerous hunts, some of the ants lose legs or antennas, and some die. Researchers, however, observed ...

Ants do not always take the shortest route when they are in a hurry. Their navigational system occasionally makes them take detours to speed up their journey. Termites are the African Matabele ants' ...

Ants dress the wounds their mates have suffered in battle. Such behavior is believed to be unique among animals. The African Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) tend to the wounds of their injured ...

Ants do not always take the shortest route when they are in a hurry. Their navigational system occasionally makes them take detours to speed up their journey. Termites are the African Matabele ants' ...