The color drained from Scott Fisher’s face when a member of the Maui Invasive Species Committee told him a little red fire ant had been found at Waihe‘e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge on the island ...

The detection at a popular park of ‘one of the worst invasive species to reach Australia’ is causing concern that suppression efforts are cracking ...

Australia is facing a fiery crisis—quite literally—as an explosion in red fire ant populations has left 23 people hospitalized and countless others suffering painful stings. The tiny but ferocious ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Did you know an aggressive crossbreed ant is invading Virginia? They are called hybrid fire ants, which are a mix of black fire ants and red fire ants, and they originated ...

Ecologists alarmed after ‘one of the worst invasive’ species found in ancient Australian rainforest - Ants could have a $2bn per year-impact on Australia’s economy, researchers say ...

Did you know an aggressive crossbreed ant is invading Virginia? They are called hybrid fire ants, which are a mix of black fire ants and red fire ants, and they originated from South America. The ...

Nigel Andrew is an editor of Austral Ecology and subject editor (Zoology) for PeerJ. He played no part in the double-blind peer-review process of the Austral Ecology research paper this article draws ...

Southern states familiar with an invasive, stinging ant are facing a new foe: A hybrid bug that combines the fierce red fire ant and the hardy black fire ant. Imported fire ants have spread from their ...

HILO (KHNL) - The infestation of fire ants on the Big Island and Kauai is quickly spreading. Researchers say it will be difficult to stop the ants' march to the rest of Hawaii unless the state steps ...