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 ...

Whether you have dodged their mounds while walking around your yard or endured a painful sting, you know how pesky and dangerous fire ants can be to humans, pets, and gardens. Known as red imported ...

Invasive fire ants, first arriving in the U.S. in 1918, have spread throughout the Southeast, causing problems for residents and farmers. Adding to the problem, red and black fire ants are ...

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 ...

Nothing will ruin the look of a front yard quite like the eyesore of a fire ant mound. Many South Carolina homeowners have battled with the pesky insects for decades, as the invasive species has ...

Medically reviewed by Sameena Zahoor, MD Key Takeaways Most ant bites cause swelling, redness, and itching, but are not serious. Fire ant bites can cause a severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.

SAN ANTONIO – The KSAT garden officially has been invaded, by fire ants. “The ant mounds that pop up are most likely going to be fire ants,” Molly Keck, an entomologist with Texas A&M AgriLife ...

As habitat loss and fragmentation continues, many in the scientific community view landscape corridors as important for connecting habitat fragments to maintain biodiversity. And yet, might those same ...

Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest Virginia. Imported red and black fire ants first appeared in Virginia in ...

It’s a familiar feeling many of us have experienced. You may have been picnicking in a park, loading up a surfboard or walking your dog when ouch! The sensation between fire and an electric shock ...