Southern states familiar with an invasive, stinging ant are facing a new foe: A hybrid bug that combines the fierce red fire ant and the hardy black fire ant. Imported fire ants have spread from their ...

Move over, Game of Thrones—ants can turn armies against their leaders and use subterfuge to take over entire kingdoms, too. This chilling discovery did not originate with a professional scientist, but ...

Fire and water do not normally mix. But when it comes to these imported fire ants, water is not a problem. In this extraordinary YouTube clip, we get to see. A colony of fire ants is dealing very ...

Whether you have dodged their mounds while walking around your yard or endured a painful sting, you know how pesky and dangerous fire ants can be to humans, pets, and gardens. Known as red imported ...

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...