Forty years ago, he was a 6-foot-3, 195-pound linebacker for South Carolina when he arrived back on campus after a road game and a fan handed him a T-shirt. On it were the words, “Fire Ants.” ...

The study identifies Florida spot keratopathy (FSK) as a relatively benign eye condition affecting dogs and cats, ...

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 ...

Fire ants are a dangerous, invasive species. They also make incredibly complex nests. David Gatlin found a way to get rid of ants nests and create beautiful art at the same time: he pours 1,400 ...

For example, ants have a variety of biological defenses. Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin. They can also survive floods by clumping together to float on the water’s surface.

Japan has designated the Argentine ant and the venomous red imported fire ant, both native to South America, as “invasive alien species.” Both species are small in stature, but hundreds of ...

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

These species include little fire ants, coconut rhinoceros beetles ... “Our islands are facing a biodiversity crisis and the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture’s foot-dragging in implementing these ...