If you live in a rural or suburban area in the Southern states, you’ve likely seen a fire ant hill a few times in your life.

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COURTESY DLNR The tiny ants can deliver painful stings when disturbed, causing welts that can last for weeks—and potentially cause blindness in cats and dogs. State officials are closing a portion of ...

A popular Oahu trail is temporarily closed as state officials work to contain an invasive species with an irritating bite.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

State officials are closing a portion of the Hauula Forest Reserve on Oahu today to begin treating the area for invasive little fire ants. The Department of Land and Natural Resources said parts ...

Farmers and landowners are contending with a new pest - the invasive hybrid fire ant that's marching into fields and pastures ...

Our fire ant eradication program is being undermined ... His six-month campaign aims to “attack the science” and to use his network to advocate the LNP Government to consider alternative ...