/tags/ants ants en-US Copyright Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:37:57 GMT /2023-07-20/expert-says-not-to-worry-if-you-see-swarms-of-ants-it-isnt-the-plague The ants surrounded people at parks, crashed into windshields on the highway, and blocked out the sun as they flew by earlier this month. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:37:57 GMT /2023-07-20/expert-says-not-to-worry-if-you-see-swarms-of-ants-it-isnt-the-plague Chris Welter /news-partners/2016-11-25/who-invented-agriculture-first-it-sure-wasnt-humans Ants in Fiji farm plants and fertilize them with their poop. And they've been doing this for 3 million years, much longer than humans, who began experimenting with farming about 12,000 years ago. Fri, 25 Nov 2016 11:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2016-11-25/who-invented-agriculture-first-it-sure-wasnt-humans Erin Ross