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

Residents in Queensland's fire ant suppression zone are pleading for help, saying nest numbers and attacks on humans and ...

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

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture has opened a free treatment program for little fire ant infestations on residential ...

Originally from South America, the red imported fire ant, or Solenopsis invicta ... since torrential rains brought on by a slow-moving tropical storm earlier in March, which meant the insects ...

Hay, soil, landscaping materials, pots and soils are now banned from entering NSW from storm-impacted and infested areas of ...

The sickle-tooth ant specializes in eating pill bugs and sow bugs. The tropical fire ant, a serious outdoor pest, likes to eat grass seeds. Yellow crazy ants practically ignore people but are ...

Officially known as red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), they are native to tropical central South America and were introduced to the United States on a cargo ship in the 1930s.

South-east Queensland residents are dealing with an unwelcome pest, fire ants, amid the clean-up from ex-Cyclone Alfred. The invasive species has been a problem for years in south-east Queensland ...

The footage, from the Scenic Rim, shows the fire ants floating in colonies in what experts say is a “perfect storm” for further infestation. Invasive Species Council advocacy manager Reece Pianta said ...