Climate change can alter methane emission and uptake in the Amazon
Phys.org - Thu 10 Oct 24Extreme temperatures and humidity levels (excessive rain or drought) projected for the Amazon in the context of climate change may increase the volume of methane-producing microorganisms in ...
Climate change can alter methane emission and uptake in the Amazon, Eurekalert - Thu 10 Oct 24Environmental factors influence Southeast Brazil's coastal biodiversity more than ecological processes, study finds
Phys.org - Wed 9 Oct 24Sea surface temperature, wave energy and freshwater discharge from rivers influence the abundance and size of the marine organisms that inhabit rocky shores along the coast of Southeast Brazil ...
Genomic study reveals fungal domestication by leafcutter ants
Phys.org - Mon 7 Oct 24While our human ancestors began domesticating food crops around 10,000 years ago, a lineage of ants called the "attines" became fungus farmers 60 million years earlier. The attine ants and their ...
Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have led to the invention of 'ant agriculture'
Phys.org - Sun 6 Oct 24The event that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn't all bad. The low-light environment caused by the meteor impact some 66 million years ago favored the spread of fungi that feed on organic matter, ...
Scientists discover how ants took advantage of asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs
The Independent - Thu 3 Oct 24The asteroid created ideal conditions for fungi to thrive
World’s 1st farmers? Ants started cultivating fungi 66 million years ago
Interesting Engineering - Thu 3 Oct 24 Dinosaur extinction led to the emergence of ‘ant agriculture’, Earth.com - Tue 8 Oct 24Can music help plants grow? , Earth.com - Thu 3 Oct 24
Ants are pushing montane birds into higher elevations, Earth.com - Tue 1 Oct 24
Asteroid That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Also Led to Ant Agriculture, Technology Networks - Mon 7 Oct 24
Ants Mastered Agriculture Millions of Years Before Humans, Newsweek - Thu 3 Oct 24
How Music Could Boost Plant Growth, Newsweek - Thu 3 Oct 24
Meet Turtle Ants: The Insects Whose Ridiculous Noggins Double-Up As Doors, IFLScience - Thu 3 Oct 24
NASA Tool Spots First Greenhouse Gas Plumes, Mirage News - Thu 10 Oct 24
Climate Change Shifts Methane Levels in Amazon, Mirage News - Thu 10 Oct 24
Environmental Factors Outweigh Ecology in S.E. Brazil, Mirage News - Wed 9 Oct 24
Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs led to the invention of ‘ant agriculture’, Science Blog - Fri 4 Oct 24
Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs Spurred Ant Farming, Mirage News - Thu 3 Oct 24
Ant Farming Origin Traced to Post-Dino Asteroid Era, Mirage News - Thu 3 Oct 24
Catastrophe might have created the first ant farms
Cosmos Magazine - Thu 3 Oct 24When an asteroid slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, it caused a mass extinction. Now researchers have evidence that this catastrophe ushered in the invention of agriculture by ants. “Extinction ...
Ant agriculture started 66 million years ago, study suggests
The Independent - Thu 3 Oct 24Researchers say many animals have been growing their own food since long before humans existed.
Genetic database shows some fungal crops became completely reliant on ants 27 million years ago
Phys.org - Thu 3 Oct 24When humans began farming crops thousands of years ago, agriculture had already been around for millions of years. In fact, several animal lineages have been growing their own food since long ...
The secret way insects (and their poop) are spreading plants around the world
Science Focus - Tue 1 Oct 24Plants produce juicy, sweet fruit with secret seeds inside them so that fruit-eating mammals, from toucans to fruit bats to orangutans, are lured into taking a bite.Then, these animals fly or ...
Bird nests made with a toxic fungus seem to fend off attacking ants
ScienceNews - Tue 1 Oct 24Two species of birds in Costa Rica build nests in trees defended by ants. Ants that encounter the horsehair fungus in the nests develop odd behaviors.
Ants might be pushing montane birds higher up, study finds
Phys.org - Mon 30 Sep 24Mountains are home to 85% of the world's amphibian, bird, and mammalian species, despite covering only 25% of the Earth's surface. This makes them a highly diverse ecosystem and a key focus ...
Ants might be pushing montane birds higher up, study finds, Eurekalert - Mon 30 Sep 24The dinosaur-killing asteroid turned ants into farmers
Popular Science - Mon 7 Oct 24Dinosaurs certainly didn’t benefit from the Chicxulub asteroid impact, but that was a wholly different story for the ancestors of today’s ants. In fact, the climatic upheaval that rocked ...
Ants discovered agriculture 66 million years ago
ZME Science - Mon 7 Oct 24The same asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have led ants to farm fungus.
Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
Ars Technica - Fri 4 Oct 24We tend to think of agriculture as a human innovation. But insects beat us to it by millions of years. Various ant species cooperate with fungi, creating a home for them, providing ...
Ants Farmed Fungi in the Wake of Dinosaurs’ Demise 66 Million Years Ago
Smithsonian Magazine - Thu 3 Oct 24A new study from Smithsonian scientists analyzes ant and fungus species, and uncovers the origins of their close partnership
Urgent warning over rare 'Devil's Fingers' fungus that smells like rotting FLESH and looks like a 'hand reaching out from a grave'
Daily Mail - Thu 3 Oct 24The alien-like fungus has earned the nickname 'Devil's Fingers' thanks to its ghoulish, hand-like appearance.
Ant queens cannibalize their sick young to prevent disease outbreak
Mongabay.com - Fri 4 Oct 24Ant queens practice a grim but effective form of childcare, eating their own sick larvae to recycle them into new, healthier eggs. A new study shows that by consuming their infected ...
Effects of environmental factors on Southeast Brazil’s coastal biodiversity surpass those of ecological processes
Eurekalert - Wed 9 Oct 24Marine organisms in areas influenced by lower sea surface temperatures, such as the Lakes Region in Rio de Janeiro state, are between 25% and 100% larger than those inhabiting warmer water along ...
Genomic signatures of domestication in a fungus obligately farmed by leafcutter ants
Eurekalert - Mon 7 Oct 24150 years after leafcutter ants were discovered deep in South American rainforests, scientists from the University of Copenhagen have revealed how these ant farmers achieved crop domestication ...
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact Turned Ants into Fungus Farmers, Study Says
Sci.News - Fri 4 Oct 24In a new study published this week in the journal Science, researchers found that fungus-ant agriculture originated approximately 66 million years ago when the end-of-Cretaceous asteroid impact ...
Asteroid that doomed dinosaurs created ant agriculture, LSU researchers say
Eurekalert - Fri 4 Oct 24Humans began farming thousands of years ago, but a new study co-authored by two LSU professors says ants had us beat by millions of years. LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU ...
Asteroid impact may have prompted ants to begin farming fungi 66 million years ago
SpaceDaily - Fri 4 Oct 24Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 The asteroid that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs also set the stage for the evolution of fungus-farming ants, according to a new study published ...
Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs led to the invention of ‘ant agriculture’
Eurekalert - Fri 4 Oct 24When the dust that covered the skies 66 million years ago prevented plants from photosynthesizing and benefited creatures that fed on decomposing organic matter, these insects selected species ...
Ant agriculture began 66 million years ago in the aftermath of the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs
ScienceDaily - Thu 3 Oct 24According to a new study, colonies of ants began farming fungi when an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago. This asteroid impact caused a global mass extinction but also created ideal ...
Ant agriculture began 66 million years ago in the aftermath of the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs, Eurekalert - Thu 3 Oct 24The true global impact of species-loss caused by humans is far greater than expected – new study reveals
Eurekalert - Thu 3 Oct 24The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has led to substantial reductions in avian functional diversity – a measure of the range of different ...