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According to a new study, colonies of ants began farming fungi when an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago. This asteroid impact... read full story   .

When 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 before humans evolved as a species. According to a new study, colonies of ants began farming fungi when an asteroid... read full story "Ants have been practicing agriculture and fungus farming for much longer than humans have existed," Phys Dot Org  .

The asteroid created ideal conditions for fungi to thrive... read full story

It turns out ants had been cultivating fungi for millions of years before humans began farming. A new surprising study has discovered that ants began farming fungi around 66 million years ago, shortly after a devastating asteroid impact that killed dinosaurs. The asteroid impact caused a mass extinction event,... read full story "Ants have been practicing agriculture and fungus farming for much longer than humans have existed," Interesting Engineering  .

Researchers say many animals have been growing their own food since long before humans existed.... read full story   .

We 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 them with nutrients, and harvesting them as food. This reaches the peak of sophistication in the leafcutter ants, which cut foliage and return it to... read full story   .

Leiden (Netherlands): Small plastic particles are everywhere: in the soil where our food is grown, in the water we drink and in the air we breathe. They got there from the plastic we throw away, which ends up in landfill... read full story By Michael Richardson and Meiru Wang for The Conversation Deccan Herald 

Small plastic particles are everywhere: in the soil where our food is grown, in the water we drink and in the air we breathe. They got there from the plastic we throw away, which ends up in landfill sites, rivers and seas. There the plastic waste slowly breaks down, releasing tiny particles called microplastics and even tinier... read full story

A flurry of studies has found microplastics in nearly every organ in the human body, from the brain to the testicles. But very few have revealed whether these tiny bits of plastic impact our health. It seems every few months, we discover microplastics in a new part of the body. We have found them in our livers, kidneys, lungs and guts. They have even shown up in human breast milk and blood. Last week, they turned up again in eight people’s olfactory bulbs, a brain structure [...]