Ant bites and stings are more common than you think. Learn which ants are relatively harmless and which you should avoid at ...

Ants may seem harmless, but some species pose serious threats due to their venom, aggressive behavior, or destructive habits.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State turfgrass specialist is teaming up with scientists from Auburn University and the ...

The New Mexico Department of Agriculture is moving to end a 27-year-old federal quarantine in Doña Ana County for red imported fire ants. These are not the common variety that show up around yards and ...

Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest Virginia.

The air felt thick and pungent, stinging his nostrils like vinegar. “All my life,” he says, “I could remember the smell.” While red wood ants prey mostly on other insects, they also ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

Leigh Whannell's new Wolf Man offers a fresh new glimpse at the 1940s horror film franchise, returning to screens, after eight decades of its initial release.

fire ants can sting and cause injury or even death to pets. Treatments and insecticides are used overseas to protect domestic animals from the impacts of fire ants." Pianta called out the ...