After sealing an ant entryway, pour a 50-50 mixture of dish soap and water over the ants' trail to kill any in transit and remove pheromones. This was an old trick of Kilburn's dad, and Kilburn ...

Argentine ants have been found on six continents, from South America to Japan. Researchers are studying their impact.

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: At first glance, a fire ant hill — or mound, as it's properly called — looks impossibly small. And yet, a colony of up to 250,000 ants call it ...