If you live in a warm climate, you’ve likely had at least one unfortunate interaction with fire ants. These tiny red ants are ...

Texas A&M AgriLife has science-backed ways to control fire ants and eliminate entire colonies — and not just the ones you see.

In the forests of California’s Sierra Nevada, nature takes a dark, cunning turn. There’s a species of red ant, Polyergus mexicanus, that doesn’t just .

A new population of “highly aggressive” red imported fire ants has infested a private property in Montecito, according to Santa Barbara County officials. The ants are capable of biting and stinging ...

Like a brain, an ant colony operates without central control. Each is a set of interacting individuals, either neurons or ants, using simple chemical interactions that in the aggregate generate their ...

A county official renewed warnings in the San Fernando Valley on Wednesday of the dangers of red imported fire ants after new colonies were discovered in Sylmar. The 22 mounds found this week in the ...

For years, Queensland authorities have been broadscale baiting fire ants. But the infestation is too big – and the baits wipe out rival species ...