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Scientists discover how ants took advantage of asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs
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 ...
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Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have led to the invention of 'ant agriculture'
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 ...
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The "dinosaur ant"
Poochera in South Australia has just 34 inhabitants. The tiny hamlet in the outback is about to collapse, but a "dinosaur ant" could help now. It once came to prominence, when travel writer Bill ...
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Antarctic dinosaur exhibit opens at Omaha's Durham Museum
IN CLINIC NEXT SATURDAY. A SNOWY MORNING HERE SET THE TONE FOR THE DURHAM MUSEUM’S NEW ANTARCTIC DINOSAURS EXHIBIT. THE EXHIBIT FEATURES LIFE SIZED DINOSAUR REPLICAS. VISITORS LEARNED HOW THE ...
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Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs led to the invention of ‘ant agriculture’ (IMAGE)
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 ...