Hay, soil, landscaping materials, pots and soils are now banned from entering NSW from storm impacted and infested areas of southeast Queensland.

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.

Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service entomologist provides Australians with Texas-based expertise on eradicating fire ants.

The gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus Daudin, is endemic to the southeastern US, where its populations are declining primarily due to habitat destruction. Tortoises are preyed upon by many species, ...

A new, 30-acre infestation of little fire ants in Hauʻula has prompted a renewed call for better invasive species management in Hawaiʻi. Last week, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources ...

State officials are closing a portion of the Hauula Forest Reserve on Oahu today to begin treating the area for invasive ...

The University of Hawaiʻi this week announced that a recent survey of the area turned up just one ant — only a year after dozens of houses in the Lanikai loop and beach areas were found to be ...

The invasive ants have entered human habitats, and are having an impact ... The pheromone also showed strong effects on red imported fire ants. “The pheromone, which is not toxic, could ...