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.

A 2009 study examining the sleep/wake cycles of S. invicta found that the worker ants averaged a mammoth 253 sleep episodes ...

Fringe groups opposing a national plan to stop the spread of “super pest” the fire ant have been likened to anti-vaxxers and ...

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

A video of fire ants 'rafting' on Queensland floodwaters has gone viral on social media, prompting concerns that the ...

If you put 100 black ants and 100 red fire ants in a jar and quietly place it on a table, nothing happens. However, ...

In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the Minns Labor Government has taken immediate action to ensure that fire ant carrying materials, such as hay, sourced from both the storm impacted and ...

The state's peak farming group has welcomed a fresh crackdown on biosecurity controls in the wake of ex-tropical Cyclone ...

A frightening new threat has emerged in the wake of Cyclone Alfred - floating fire ants. Footage has emerged of thousands of ...

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 ...

Residents have been told to be on high alert for fire ants, as ex-Cyclone Alfred may have helped the 'super pest' invasive species spread through Queensland. Since arriving in Australia in the ...