"Since the flies got here, I'm seeing more quail, I'm starting to see lizards." ...

Fire ants are a common nuisance across much of the United States, known for their painful stings and unsightly dirt mounds in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red imported fire ants – known as RIFA – are spreading throughout the southern U.S., and if there are enough nests in an area, ...

As habitat loss and fragmentation continues, many in the scientific community view landscape corridors as important for connecting habitat fragments to maintain biodiversity. And yet, might those same ...

If Australia does not ramp up fire ant eradication efforts, the invasive species will cause billion-dollar economic impacts ...

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are helping to protect honey bee populations while developing new strategies for managing fire ant populations. Honey bees are a vital part of ...

Thousands of Australian pets could die and households risk more than $1b in annual bills unless funding to eradicate fire ...

The fastest ways to get rid of fire ants include liquid mound drenches, granule baits, or DIY methods like boiling water. Effective fire ant control often requires an approach that combines mound ...

Australia is being warned it risks billion-dollar economic damage and deaths to humans and pets if it does not ramp up ...

They can lift 5,000 times their body weight. They have armies in the thousands. And they outnumber us a million to one. But ...

Fire ants are a textbook example of collective behavior, capable of behaving as individuals and also banding together to form floating rafts in response to flooding. Now, a pair of mechanical ...