Some ant species are aggressive and pose danger. Encounters are becoming common due to growing cities and shifting weather.

Florida harvester ants move and construct a similar subterranean nest about once a year, according to a study published November 19, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Walter Tschinkel ...

Walter Tschinkel, an entomologist at Florida State University, tracked more than 400 harvester ant colonies for three years in the the Apalachicola National Forest, just outside Tallahassee.

Florida harvester ants “make a nest that is truly beautiful in its architecture,” says Walter Tschinkel. He has poured molten metal or plaster into the underground nests and dug up the ...

Researchers studied Florida harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex badius) to investigate what factors decide a particular ant's social caste. "Basically what we found is that things are more complicated ...

One of the ants Smith filmed, the Florida harvester ant, “is not considered an aggressive ant, but its venomous sting is very painful,” Orkin says. This story was originally published July 31 ...

One of the ants Smith filmed, the Florida harvester ant, “is not considered an aggressive ant, but its venomous sting is very painful,” Orkin says. This story was originally published July 31 ...

A mature nest of the pogo, or Florida harvester ant, can reach 10 feet and contain 200 chambers. Typically, the colony survives for 15 years, until the death of the queen. JH PeteCarmichael “It’s a ...

Florida harvester ants move and construct a similar subterranean nest about once a year, according to a study published November 19, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Walter Tschinkel ...

One of the ants Smith filmed, the Florida harvester ant, “is not considered an aggressive ant, but its venomous sting is very painful,” Orkin says. This story was originally published July 31 ...