The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring ...

LSU AgCenter entomologist Aaron Ashbrook recommends a strategy called the Texas two-step. Borrowing its name from the country ...

For example, ants have a variety of biological defenses. Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin. They can also survive floods by clumping together to float on the water’s surface.

Australia is grappling with a surge in venomous red fire ant populations after heavy rains forced them above ground. These ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: At first glance, a fire ant hill — or mound, as it's properly called — looks impossibly small. And yet, a colony of up to 250,000 ants call it ...

The state government announces extra funding to help to tackle invasive fire ants, as the pests continue to take a toll on ...

Fire ants have been in eastern Virginia for many years. A new type of fire ant has now been confirmed in parts of Southwest ...

Residents have been told to be on high alert for fire ants, as ex-Cyclone Alfred may have helped the 'super pest' invasive species spread through Queensland. Since arriving in Australia in the ...

Little fire ant infestations continue to concern the state. In response, the state Department of Agriculture has launched a ...

It comes after footage of a woman being arrested at her home in southeast Queensland for allegedly refusing to allow National Fire Ant Eradication Program staff on her property. The video was ...