The New Mexico Department of Agriculture is moving to end a 27-year-old federal quarantine in Doña Ana County for red ...

A crew surveyed in September of 2022 and little fire ants were nowhere to be found. Crews are once again out for a full-site survey, referring to the all-hands-on-deck effort as the “Nahiku ...

Fire ants are a risk to pets, so keep cats and dogs away from anthills. If your pet gets attacked, wear protective gloves and ...

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 ...

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

Authorities have warned we could see 650,000 additional medical visits annually if the problem is not addressed.

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.

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

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 ...