A teacher at an Anahola public charter school had her students brainstorm on curbing the spread of the invasive species. It's ...

Women Artists Push Boundaries of Art with solo exhibitions at ARKEN Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Danish artist prodigy Eva ...

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

In Kenya, two ant smuggling cases recently made global headlines. It's part of a growing problem with biopiracy and the illicit trade in wild animals.

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 ...

Fire ant colonies are typically built around either a single queen or multiple queens. Single-queen colonies will not accept additional queens, and workers will execute any potential competitor to ...

File Art/The Sun News Six Beaufort County and two ... Hot dogs, cheese and milk were held at incorrect cold temperatures. Fire ant granules were stored with dish chemicals. No food thermometer ...

The hybrid fire ants thrive in warm open areas and build mounds up to two feet tall. They can be distinguished by their shiny, red coats. Their queens can can release around 2,000 eggs per day.

Three species of fire ants have been found in North Carolina: red imported fire ants, black fire ants, and hybrid fire ants. Red imported fire ants are the most common fire ant species in North ...