One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new ...

Mint plants are a proven repellent against fire ants. Planting them strategically in the yard may help control fire ant ...

A new exhibition at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn., gives visitors a whiff, from “chocolate-y” to stinky blue cheese.

Some ants can be beneficial in the yard, like pyramid ants, but there's a particular type of ant you should be wary of, ...

The makeup artist, 48, 'just wants to get shot of it' according to friends, even though she will take a financial hit. Before the September 2023 fire, the lavish five-bed west London property located ...

October is Stop the Ant Month in Hawaii, and Big Island residents are being asked to help control the spread of invasive little fire ants. The effort is backed by the Hawaii Invasive Species Council, ...

The trajectory of life on Earth has always been predicated by genetic evolution, but two scientists from the University of Maine argue that culture is now the main force shaping our lives. A new study ...

Rodney Morrow from Central Life Sciences discusses strategic planning for a "deploy and destroy" mission against the invasive red imported fire ant (RIFA) in the southern U.S. In this replay of our ...

What's worse than an ant bite? A fire ant bite. Fire ants, as their name might suggest, are reddish insects with stingers and venom pouches that they may use to attack areas of exposed skin, according ...

Anyone who has spent much time outdoors in East Texas knows the frustration of fire ants. Whether you’re mowing the yard, walking through a hay meadow, or checking fences, those mounds seem to pop up ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Anyone who has spent much time outdoors in East Texas knows the frustration of fire ants. Whether you’re mowing the yard, walking through a hay meadow or checking fences, ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two different ant species. A team ...