Fire ants might be the scourge of southern states like Georgia and Texas, but scientifically, they are endlessly fascinating as an example of collective behavior. A few fire ants spaced well apart ...

If you see a few big black ants crawling across your kitchen floors or counters, it’s time to act. Mature colonies can contain 3,000 or more carpenter ants, many of whom remain hidden in the nest.

The ants that invaded our house were different from any ants I had ever seen — they were so tiny that they could get into ...

Fire Ants Fire ants are one of the most recognizable and feared ant species due to their painful stings and aggressive behavior. Unlike other ants that quietly forage, fire ants actively defend their ...

Think of it as mathematics with a bite: Researchers at CU Boulder have uncovered the statistical rules that govern how gigantic colonies of fire ants form bridges, ladders and floating rafts. In the ...

Aside from the stings and ruined picnics, fire ants are famous for their ability to swarm together and self­–assemble bridges, ladders, and even floating rafts. Researchers have now figured out the ...

Fire ants are literally riding out Hurricane Florence, astonishing new video footage shows. Colonies of the creepily industrious insects are shown linking together to form boat-like floating islands — ...

There is one post-storm hazard that is literally creepy and poses a real health hazard for some people.After storms that bring heavy rain and flooding, such as Florence, floating rafts made of ...

Drop a clump of 100,000 fire ants in a pond of water – or flood a huge area of Texas that’s infested with fire ants and drive them out of their nests in large groups. In minutes the clump will flatten ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. -- A group of fire ants was spotted braving floodwaters by banding together and creating a floating raft near Charleston, South Carolina. The ants apparently use their jaws, ...

An infestation of little fire ants that spread across four acres has been detected in Haiku, the Maui Invasive Species Committee announced Thursday. Maui residents Janet Mercer and Patti Hawkins ...