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Meet the ant species with a strict "no nestmate left behind" policy. African Matabele ants regularly risk death and injury while hunting down termites. So when one ant is hurt in the pursuit of prey, ...
MILWAUKEE -- A second person could be suing the City of Milwaukee after an accident Trace Matabele says was caused by Milwaukee's streetcar tracks. Matabele was riding a Bublr Bikes bicycle home from ...
Matabele ants will tend to the wounds of their nest-mates that have had their legs bitten off by termites. Erik Frank / University of Würzburg When humans get injured, doctors often prescribe ...
Scientists have discovered African Matabele ants often need a little help from their friends after getting hurt in battles with their powerful prey ANTS have developed their own version of dialling ...
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 ...
Termites are the African Matabele ants' (Megaponera analis) favourite dish. Proceeding in long files of 200 to 600, they raid termites at their foraging sites and haul the prey back to their nest ...
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 ...