This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American This 2007 photograph of a fire ant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern states familiar with an invasive, stinging ant are facing a new foe: A hybrid bug that combines the fierce red fire ant ...

Red imported fire ants are native to South America, but first arrived in the U.S. from ships docked in Mobile, Alabama. ©AOKSANG STUDIO/Shutterstock.com Red imported fire ants are an invasive ant ...

Ouch! You were digging in your yard to plant, and you just felt a sting delivered courtesy of a fire ant. You may think of fire ants as just one type of ant capable of such a sting, but the truth is ...

Three species of fire ants have been found in North Carolina: red imported fire ants, black fire ants, and hybrid fire ants. Red imported fire ants are the most common fire ant species in North ...

Giuseppe Battaglia walks in his beautiful garden on the outskirts of Avola, on Sicily’s southeastern coast. He is wearing long socks and sneakers, despite the September sun and 30-degree-Celsius ...