The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world. Droves of ants spray formic acid produced by a venom gland ...

But there are other species of ant that live in northern states that do occasionally bite or sting. In some cases, those attacks can be quite serious. “It starts out as a small, red spot ...

Fire ants are a type of red ant. Bites from a fire ant typically ... For most people, fire ant stings are little more than an inconvenience. However, some stings can produce intense pain ...

An eastern fence lizard basking in the sun feels a small red ant walk over its back. Not hungry, it ignores the insect. Soon there are lots of ants crawling up its legs, biting the scales that ...

The red fire ant, native to South America and ... In the tiny island nation of Yap, the little fire ant has forced farmers to abandon their fields. And on Christmas Island, yellow crazy ...

HONOLULU–The Hawai’i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has conducted two surveys for little fire ants (LFA) at Pua Lani Landscape Design, a Waimānalo nursery that came to the forefront during ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife offers the following indicators following a fire ant attack. Initial pain, burning, and swelling at the sting site. Within 24 hours, a red pustule, or small blister ...