Focusing on Wildlife
66 million years ago, the dinosaurs died – but ants thrived. Scientists just figured out why
Ants are the most species-rich family among social insects, with more than 15,000 species worldwide. They originated around 140 to 168 million years ago but didn’t rise to ecological dominance until 66 million years ago, when an asteroid ended the age of dinosaurs. Scientists now know exactly what allowed ants to triumph after this mass […]
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