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Invertebrates are “the little things that run the world”. So researchers decided to count all the ants on Earth, to help monitor how they’re coping with environmental challenges.
An ant (species: Ectatomma tuberculatum) photographed in Costa Rica. Ants make up a large fraction of the total animal biomass in most terrestrial ecosystems, but researchers say that an understanding of their global diversity is lacking. This new study provides a high-resolution map that estimates
New global diversity maps of ant populations have been produced, showing areas that are promising for finding as yet unknown species.
They are hunters, farmers, harvesters, gliders, herders, weavers and carpenters. They are ants, and they are a big part of our world, comprising more than 14,000 species and a large fraction of animal biomass in most terrestrial ecosystems. Like other invertebrates, ants play vital roles in the f
Ajay Narendra, Author provided The American biologist E.O. Wilson famously called invertebrates “the little things that run the world”.