Fire ants can assemble astonishing living structures, including massive colony-migration bridges. This article explains how ...

Southern states familiar with an invasive, stinging ant are facing a new foe: A hybrid bug that combines the fierce red fire ant and the hardy black fire ant. Imported fire ants have spread from their ...

No creature embodies the idea that “it takes a village” quite like ants. Using chemical signals and other ephemeral communication methods like antennal codes, ants can work together to build or ...

Ants are among the most recognizable, admired, dreaded and mythologized insects on earth. They are famed for their industry, work ethic, organization, militaristic skills and loyalty. Ants are also ...

Since fire ants first came to the United States in the early 20th century, researchers have searched for ways to control ...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR] has confirmed the “presence of red imported fire ants [Solenopsis ...

The Guam Department of Agriculture is developing a plan to keep little fire ants out of a conservation forest along Cross ...

Fire ants are a major biosecurity threat that can decimate crops, kill livestock and cause potentially deadly allergic ...

Fire ants are a major biosecurity threat that can decimate crops, kill livestock and cause potentially deadly allergic ...

SOUTHWEST VA. – Virginia agricultural officials have expanded the state’s red imported fire ant quarantine to include Pittsylvania County, Danville, and Halifax County as warming temperatures ...