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20 Sep 2022 | Press Release

HKU Initiates Global Ant Census, At Least Twenty Quadrillion Ants Dominate The Global Ecosystems

Image 1. The researchers at the Insect Biodiversity and Biogeography Laboratory of HKU School of Biological Sciences (SBS) recently used a novel approach to attempt to count every ant on Earth essentially. This global ant census estimates that at least tw

Image 1. The researchers at the Insect Biodiversity and Biogeography Laboratory of HKU School of Biological Sciences (SBS) recently used a novel approach to attempt to count every ant on Earth essentially. This global ant census estimates that at least tw

HKU Initiates Global Ant Census At Least Twenty Quadrillion Ants Dominate The Global Ecosystems

港大發起全球螞蟻普查 估計由至少二萬兆(亦稱二京)螞蟻主導全球生態系統

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