The total weight of all the ants on Earth roughly rivals the combined weight of all wild mammals and birds — an estimated 20 quadrillion individuals, quietly moving more soil each year than earthworms
A 2022 global census led by researchers at the University of Würzburg counted roughly 20 quadrillion ants alive on Earth at any moment — a combined dry biomass matching every wild mammal and wild…
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