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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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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' ...

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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 ...