The event that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn't all bad ... It was the perfect opportunity for the ancestor of a group of ants to start cultivating these microorganisms, according to a study ...

Ants started farming 66 million years ago in the aftermath of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, a new study suggests. Colonies of ants began farming the fungi as it experienced “a ...

Lemon leafcutter Atta colombica workers carry leaves to the colony in Gamboa, Panama Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs led to the invention of ‘ant agriculture’ Asteroid that wiped out the ...