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This article is from 2015. It looks like this year (2021) they announced that they have removed all of the ants from Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: ht
by Permit 5y ago
This article is from 2015. It looks like this year (2021) they announced that they have removed all of the ants from Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: https://lmtribune.com/outdoors/crazy-ant-strike-team-completes-its-mission-eradicates-menace-from-atoll/article_1a49a67b-a48b-500e-89c9-1d80798fc9d3.html https://lmtribune.com/outdoors/crazy-ant-strike-team-complet...
- dang 5y agoThanks! We've changed the URL to that from https://www.audubon.org/magazine/july-august-2015/one-remote-islands-battle-against-acid https://www.audubon.org/magazine/july-august-2015/one-remote.... Edit: changed back since people made reasonable objections.
- geuis 5y agoIs that really the right thing to do? The original article was interesting on its own merits. It’s a good follow up that the teams have been successful, but that link probably should just be pinned as a top comment reply.
- jvdvegt 5y agoThe new URL is not available from Europe (http errorcode 451). This works though: https://archive.st/archive/2021/8/lmtribune.com/dxk9/lmtribune.com/outdoors/crazy-ant-strike-team-completes-its-mission-eradicates-menace-from-atoll/article_1a49a67b-a48b-500e-89c9-1d80798fc9d3.html https://archive.st/archive/2021/8/lmtribune.com/dxk9/lmtribu...
- WalterBright 5y agoI'm curious. The 2015 article said they'd killed 99% of the ants, but it took 6 more years to kill the rest? There's more to the story.
- MiddleEndian 5y agoIt's like software delivery. You're always 80% done!
- dathinab 5y agoLike they said, a single ant queen can spawn a new mega colony, and there where more then just one or two queens involved. Besides that in the same way they initially can to the island they might come there again so it's not over, just paused ;=)
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