Anyone who has ever stepped into a fire ant nest knows the sting all too well. It’s a painful reminder that these tiny ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Noticing more of those tiny ants popping up in your house lately? Some call them ghost ants. Others refer to them as sugar ants.

This small ant's sting can cause severe reactions. Few people know it exists. Researchers in the South want people to know ...

New research is indicating that invasive foreign ants that have hitched rides on global imports are slowly becoming the dominant species in the state of Florida. Populations of non-native leaf-litter ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new look at decades of data from museum collections and surveys of leaf-litter ants in Florida reveals a steady decline in native ants and simultaneous increase in nonnative ants – ...

Tawny crazy ants are an invasive species in Florida, forming supercolonies and displacing native wildlife. They are attracted to electrical equipment and can make yards uninhabitable. These ants bite, ...

OVER TIME FOR THESE FINAL TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT SANDRA THANK YOU. WELL SOUTH FLORIDA SUMMERS THEY BRING THE HEAT THE RAIN AND THOSE PESKY INSECTS. ALL THIS WEEK STEVEN IS TAKING A LOOK AT HOW ...

Researchers have found colonies of tropical fire ants, native to Florida and coastal Georgia, that thrive with multiple queens and in close proximity to single-queen colonies of the same species. In ...