When that material is transported into the oceans, it increases the carbon-to-phosphorus ratio of marine sediments. The ...

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Dominican amber preserves a 16-million-year-old ant queen, marking the first fossil evidence of Hypoponera in the Americas.

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Ben Woodcroft receives funding from the ARC. Adrián A. Davín does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has ...