For the record, ant bites aren’t as common as you might think. “All ants can bite but they rarely do unless harassed,” says Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Ph.D., associate director of community & urban ...

Fire ants can be a formidable foe. They come with a one-two punch of both biting and stinging. But the pain comes primarily from their venomous sting. When a mound is disturbed, sterile female worker ...

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Researchers are astounded after discovering what they claim to be the fastest-known animal movement on record. The findings, recently uncovered by researchers from the University of Illinois, appear ...

Japan is set to deploy beagles to sniff out venomous fire ants at ports around the country. Beagles have been chosen for the ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A popular campsite west of La Pine will only have one type of guest, for now: ants, with a nasty bite that's best to avoid. Crane Prairie Campground is closed until June 11, to ...

The zombies on 'The Walking Dead' may be fictional, but "zombie ants" are very real. A fungus is turning carpenter ants into unwitting hosts until they die and decompose, according to a new study from ...

Sicily is on the front line of Europe’s fire ant invasion. If it fails to contain the spread, more countries will be at risk.

A North Carolina woman was doing some landscaping work in her yard Saturday when things took a potentially deadly turn.A weed killer she was spraying landed on a fire ant pile, sending ants crawling ...