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 ...

In gross but cool news, fire ants are actually dope little engineers. Vishwanath, an environmentalist, was documenting wildlife in the Madurai district of the Tamil Nadu state in India when he ...

Research shows that some ants have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical ...

The research focused on Lasius neglectus, a species of garden ant. Unlike adult workers, which can leave the nest to die when ...

A new study shows how ants grow huge colonies by choosing numbers over strength and relying on teamwork instead of tough ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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.

Carpenter ants are twice as big as other types of black ants, which makes identification easy. If you have a carpenter ant ...