Dinosaurs certainly didn’t benefit from the Chicxulub asteroid impact, but that was a wholly different story for the ...

The researchers looked for these elements throughout the genomes of 475 fungal species cultivated by ants and collected from ...

While our human ancestors began domesticating food crops around 10,000 years ago, a lineage of ants called the "attines" ...

LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their ...

New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the ...

Scientists discover how ants took advantage of asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs - The asteroid created ideal conditions ...

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

The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs sparked a remarkable relationship between ants and fungi, a new study has ...

A new study from Smithsonian scientists analyzes ant and fungus species, and uncovers the origins of their close partnership ...

Red ants seem to appear by your pool on days you want to use it the most. With fruit you likely already have at home, you can ...