Wait, how many? You're not reading this wrong: There are about 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. 🐜
Adam Hart
Scientists looked at the more than 500 studies on different types of ant populations in ecosystems around the world to form the estimate, Hart says. Leafcutter ants in South America can reach a population of 8 million — and driver ant colonies in Africa can exceed 20 million, he says. These organized ant societies do complex work, which makes them an important part of ecosystems.
“If we think of insects as the glue that holds the ecosystem together, ants are almost kind of the super glue,” he says. “They're involved in all kinds of different interactions that are of real significance.”
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