Fire ants are spreading across southern counties, bringing sharper health risks, farm damage, and tougher choices on control today ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Invasive imported fire ants have now been found in Chesterfield County, the Tri-Cities and several other Central Virginia localities, state officials said. The ...

Since the red imported fire ant is an invasive species, they have displaced other fire ant species native to Texas such as “Solenopsis geminata” or tropical fire ants. Oktavianus Mulyadi Pexels As the ...

Read full article: Five displaced, home lost after house fire in Galax Emergency Manager Josh Turner highlights the importance of preparation and coordination among departments, while residents share ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia officials have expanded the quarantine zone for imported fire ants as the South American insects continue to spread throughout the state. Last week, the Virginia Department of ...

Invasive species can be extremely harmful when they are introduced to an unsuspecting environment. They can soak up important ...

Conjoint Associate Professor in clinical pharmacology and toxicology, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney Red imported fire ants are a particularly nasty type of ant because they are ...

The red imported fire ant has infested a property in Montecito. (Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images) A new population of "highly aggressive" red imported fire ants has infested a private property ...

A closeup of a fire ant on the glove of Charlie Cassidy, Field Operations Manager with the Orange County Fire Ant Authority, found in a fire ant mound on La Grima Street in Mission Viejo, CA, Feb. 25, ...

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 ...

As the fall weather cools things down in North Texas, there’s one thing people need to be weary of: fire ants. The Lone Star State is home to over 200 ant species, but the one that truly packs a punch ...