The tallest trees in the world are (1) the coastal redwoods of California, (2) Mt. Ash, a eucalypt from southeastern Australia, and (3) the Douglas-fir and Sitka spruce trees of British Columbia and Washington State.
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
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