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Believe it or not, viewers have submitted videos of piles of red ants on what appears to be a floating raft made of insects.
Two of the more common species you might find in your home or garden are fire ants and pyramid ants, and while they're close ...
Rescue and recovery efforts continue with the Minnesota Task Force 1 K-9 unit, which is assisting central Texas following ...
Researchers thought colder temperatures and higher elevations could stop the march of invasive fire ants. Mother Nature had ...
Fire ants bite and sting! They also use their own young to build a terrifying raft during floods. Kidnapper ants steal other ants’ babies. Honeypot ants turn their sisters into living jugs of nectar.
Some ant species are aggressive and pose danger. Encounters are becoming common due to growing cities and shifting weather. Bullet ant sting causes electric shock-like pain. Maricopa harvester ant ...
A longtime invasive ant has been making the rounds in Florida over the past few decades. And with summer upon us, it’s prime ...
Cas Vanderwoude, senior research specialist for the Hawaii Ant Lab, said the little fire ants are firmly entrenched on the Big Island, particularly on the windward side, but there also are ...
The Asian needle ant was first discovered in the U.S. in 1932 and found in at least three southeastern states. It is capable ...
Fire ants, the spicier variation of this insect, work together to survive even the wettest conditions. In this YouTube video, fire ants band their bodies together to make a raft and survive a flood.
The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring hospital treatment since the beginning of March, according to national ...
Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest Virginia.