EAST TEXAS - Just last week, I kneeled down to get a closer look at a weed and put my knee squarely in a fire ant mound. I swatted my pants leg and got all of them off without getting stung. It was a ...

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service, or VDACS, has expanded the state’s Imported Fire Ant Quarantine to include six additional counties and four independent cities, citing ...

ORLANDO, March 22, 2024 – UCF Biology Professor Joshua King has won the 2023 Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize and $100,000 for an innovation he created to control a ubiquitous pest — fire ants. His ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Just last week, I stepped in a fire ant mound that had been newly built after our recent rains. Fire ants will not only be seen more after the drought ended, but are typically ...

Conjoint Associate Professor in clinical pharmacology and toxicology, St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, UNSW Sydney Red imported fire ants are a particularly nasty type of ant because they are ...

Some little fire ants are shown in this DLNR photo. A little fire ant infestation in Happy Valley was identified last month and currently is being treated. -- Department of Land and Natural Resources ...

The Department of Environment will host a free session on red imported fire ants on Thursday, December 11 at Bermuda College with expert Noel Tawatao. A Government spokesperson said, “The Department ...

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 ...

SANTA FE, Texas — A federal judge threw out motions by a police chief and an officer who were sued after a woman in their custody was attacked by fire ants. The civil rights lawsuit filed in 2024 ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Anyone who has spent much time outdoors in East Texas knows the frustration of fire ants. Whether you’re mowing the yard, walking through a hay meadow or checking fences, ...