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The arctic tern carries out the longest migration of any creature on Earth – a journey of more than 36,000 kilometres (or 22,000 miles) from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again, each year!


Ants used antibiotics long before humans did


Ants used antibiotics long before humans did
Canadian scientists have found that Attine ants, mainly found in the tropics, use bacteria to make antibiotics from fungus. Scientists now think that these ants may help them in discovering how to stop diseases which resist antibiotics.
22 APRIL 1999
The National Post
22 APRIL 1999

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