As well as posing environmental and economic threats, fire ants can be deadly to humans and animals. Source: AAP / SUPPLIED/PR IMAGE 根据非政府组织入侵物种委员会（the Invasive ...

Authorities are investigating how fire ants came to be at a rural subdivision but say it is likely they arrived in mulch, plants, turf or soil.

Fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters across storm-ravaged Australia, aiding the spread of one of the world's most invasive species. Considered a super pest, fire ants can cause ...

Red imported fire ants, a venomous invasive species of ant, are on the verge of becoming established in Japan. Once it has become an established species, the little arthropod, known as “hiari ...

For example, ants have a variety of biological defenses. Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin. They can also survive floods by clumping together to float on the water’s surface.

Japan has designated the Argentine ant and the venomous red imported fire ant, both native to South America, as “invasive alien species.” Both species are small in stature, but hundreds of ...

Farmers are calling for a state border crackdown to stop the spread of dangerous fire ants into northern New South Wales. Red imported fire ants were detected less than a month ago in NSW ...