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 ...

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Although humans may think we are alone in creating antibiotics, there is a species of ant that secretes an especially powerful one—no pharma lab required. The Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) of ...

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 ...

Africa's Matabele ants, fierce predators of termites, rescue their wounded soldiers and bring them back to the nest where they are "treated," a new study has showed Africa's Matabele ants, fierce ...

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' ...

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 ...