A tiny but troublesome ant is creeping into Texas, and scientists are urging the public to stay alert. The Asian needle ...

In the video below, Jack identifies the Rapacious Panther Ant as having the most painful ant sting in Texas. That's until his ...

Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. When Solenopsis invicta, a.k.a. the red imported fire ant, was first identified in East Texas, in the seventies, stakes were high.

The Asian needle ant, present in the U.S. since the 1930s, is now spreading into Texas, raising concerns about its impact on ...

LSU AgCenter entomologist Aaron Ashbrook recommends a strategy called the Texas two-step ... as red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), they are native to tropical central South America ...

As the warmer weather brings people outdoors across Houston, fire ants are waiting. Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans ...

Many species of ants live throughout the U.S. Most of them never become problematic enough for us to think of them as pests. But there are a handful of species that can cause both serious health ...

EAST TEXAS - Just last week, I kneeled down to get a closer look at a weed and put my knee squarely in a fire ant mound. I swatted my pants leg and got all of them off without getting stung. It was a ...