Ants began farming fungi 66 million years ago, laying the foundation for the complex agricultural practices we know today. Schultz and his team used genetic data to uncover the early stages of this relationship, revealing that ants began collecting organic debris to fuel fungal growth. Over time, their agriculture became more specialized, with ants domesticating certain fungi and relying on …
Paleontologists have finally identified a ferocious dinosaur with a crocodile-like snout that terrorized inland seas more than 60 million years ago. Gavialimimus almaghribensis, a new species of mosasaur, was cataloged and named by an international team led by Catie Strong, a graduate researcher at the University of Alberta in Canada. More than a dozen species of mosasaur have been identified …
