Red ants, often referred to as fire ants, are generally more aggressive than black ants. Fire ants can grow up to ¼ inch long and are notorious for their defensive behaviour when their nests are ...

Here’s what red imported fire ants look like (Biosecurity Queensland). When a nest is disturbed, hundreds of ants come out and attack. Their jaws lock onto the skin and they arch their body to ...

It was always known the ants are fast, but a new study by researchers from Germany's Ulm University shows them clocking speeds of 85 centimetres — or 108 times their body length — per second.

Traumatomutilla bifurca, a velvet ant — which is actually a wasp — known for its distinct black and white markings, found in a dry shrub desert in Brazil called the Caatinga. piemags/nature ...

Red fire ants also pose a threat to nature by preying on other species, such as birds and reptiles, and displacing native ant species. Local reports of painful ant stings from around the coastal ...

The Asian needle ant, already a well-known hazard in the South, is now expanding its reach to other parts of the nation, according to a recent report in the Independent. What's happening?

Guernsey residents and visitors will start seeing red flags along the island's south coastal path to signify the nests of a declining ant species. During the spring, black-backed meadow ants ...