Ants are among the most recognizable, admired, dreaded and mythologized insects on earth. They are famed for their industry, work ethic, organization, militaristic skills and loyalty. Ants are also ...

I like to take my 6-year-old grandson for walks on my acreage in Callahan County, but I am always afraid he will stop in the middle of a fire ant bed. Consequently, I have spent some time showing him ...

Paleontologists owe a special debt to harvester ants. While crazy ants and the more familiar red fire ants get most of the attention for their impacts on local ecology, those invasive insects have ...

Alias: Harvester ant, red ant, or occasionally it is identified incorrectly as “fire ant.” Harvester ants are a native to the Western United States. They are usually noticed first from their large ant ...

Well, the season of planting and landscaping is upon us. All about town, residents can be seen working diligently in their yards to improve the landscape. Unbeknownst to most people, there is a small ...

Ant colonies are surprisingly complex and definitely worthy of scientific observation. This was the basic premise behind the original ant farms (antariums) introduced in the late 1950s. From ads in ...