While both fire ants and red ants are red in color, they are not interchangeable. One major difference between them is the pain they cause. Fire ants are infamous for their painful, fiery sting ...

Like red wood ants, other critters also possess surprising adaptations that help them thrive in their surroundings. The following creatures are featured in the second season of "A Real Bug's Life." ...

Red imported fire ants rank among the world’s most invasive and destructive species. In America, they cause $8.75 billion in ...

F. L. Vanderplank, The Bionomics and Ecology of the Red Tree Ant, Oecophylla sp., and its Relationship to the Coconut Bug Pseudotheraptus wayi Brown (Coreidae), Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 29, No.

The unique architecture of some ball-like plants high in trees in Fiji lets violent ants live peacefully and feed the plant with valuable droppings.

Ant Species Weeds Out Room for Host Trees By Thomas H. Maugh II Sept. 24, 2005 12 AM PT Times Staff Writer ...

“As long as your turfs or trees are from an area (with red fire ants) and are not quarantined, more than 90% of them could carry the ants,” said Lü Lihua, a researcher at Plant Protection Research ...