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 ...

No creature embodies the idea that “it takes a village” quite like ants. Using chemical signals and other ephemeral communication methods like antennal codes, ants can work together to build or ...

Most of us associate ants with productivity. You probably imagine them digging tunnels, laying down pheromone trails, hauling food back to their nest, or, of course, maintaining their characteristic ...

This kind of bites: Climate change is making fire ants an increasingly hot topic in Florida these days. But our efforts to tame them may only be scratching the surface. Red imported fire ants rank ...

Giuseppe Battaglia walks in his beautiful garden on the outskirts of Avola, on Sicily’s southeastern coast. He is wearing long socks and sneakers, despite the September sun and 30-degree-Celsius ...