What kind of ants are most common in the Somerville area? Are any of them fire ants?” I’m glad you asked. There's a lot to ...

If you want to feel like an ant walking through stiff grass ... home to Irwin’s intricate maze of floating azaleas. Brilliant bougainvillea cascade out of tall iron trellises like colorful ...

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Imported red fire ants are incredibly defensive of their nests. Learn what happens when one man pokes a massive fire ant hill ...

Fire ants inflict painful stings and create unsightly mounds in our landscapes. Unfortunately, there is no treatment that will eradicate them from a yard permanently. You will have to control fire ...

They do not build large mounds like fire ants, thus being more difficult to detect but more deadly due to their covert nature. Little in size, great in threat — staying aware can minimize risks ...

their ecological output would not replace the native ants, therefore making it vital to support the native species. Since they typically do not build big mounds, they can be easy to miss.

But where there is water, there are waterbirds. Little is known about the impacts—positive or negative—floating solar projects may have on birds and other wildlife. A paper from the University ...