Invasive species can be extremely harmful when they are introduced to an unsuspecting environment. They can soak up important ...

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry is helping prevent the spread of invasive fire ants by spreading ...

Fire ants are spreading across southern counties, bringing sharper health risks, farm damage, and tougher choices on control today ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Due to (fire ants') aggressive nature, victims are rarely stung once. Ants also usually swarm intruders and prey. As a result, victims (including humans) are typically stung multiple times by ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

A painful and intense encounter as hundreds of fire ants deliver a shocking sting experience.

An additional struggle to western North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene recovery involves an increase in stinging insects like bees, yellow jackets and fire ants. That has had led state health authorities ...