Green Options » Karlsruhe Natural History Museum http://greenoptions.com/tag/karlsruhe-natural-history-museum Posts tagged 'Karlsruhe Natural History Museum' Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en German Scientists Discover 120 Million Year Old Bizarre Ant in Amazon Forest http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/17/german-scientists-discover-120-million-year-old-bizarre-ant-in-amazon-forest/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/17/german-scientists-discover-120-million-year-old-bizarre-ant-in-amazon-forest/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:30:20 +0000 Sam Aola Ooko http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/17/german-scientists-discover-120-million-year-old-bizarre-ant-in-amazon-forest/ German Scientists Discover 120 Million Year Old Bizarre Ant in Amazon ForestGerman biologists have discovered an hitherto unknown ant species, believed to be the oldest on the planet, deep in the Amazon rain forest.

Field researchers from Karlsruhe’s Natural History Museum who made the discovery near Manaus, Brazil, say the species, which resembles miniature wasps and looks like no other, may date back around 120 million years, according to Reuters.

Martialis heureka, nicknamed the “Ant from Mars” due to its unusual features and heureka from its surprising discovery, the ants themselves are eyeless, pale in color, subterranean, and predatory, according to Wikipedia.

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