Farmers and landowners are contending with a new pest — the invasive hybrid fire ant that’s marching into fields and pastures in Southwest Virginia. Virginia Cooperative Extension agent Amy Byington ...

Video released by the National Fire Ant Eradication Program shows how quickly the world's worst invasive pests swarm to protect their nests. House painter Joel Booker was lucky not to have been ...

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Deadly fire ants have breached the Sunshine Coast biosecurity zone, with six nests found at a building site, prompting calls for more federal funding to thwart the pests’ march across the state.

A strange invader is marching across the United States, born of two different species. Red fire ants and black fire ants have both been imported to the US, and now they’ve teamed up to create a ...

This is why he was often depicted with empty eyes in Aztec art. Ultimately, the sacrifice of the deities set the Sun in motion, and their sacrifices were, in turn, rewarded by various human sacrifices ...

Credit: Oren Pe’er A new study identifies Florida spot keratopathy (FSK) as a stable, benign eye condition in pets and suggests a possible link to little fire ant exposure. Analyzing 100 cases, it ...

Farmers have welcomed a fresh crackdown on biosecurity breaches as the state escalates its campaign against deadly Red Imported Fire Ants. Two businesses have been fined $60,000 respectively in the ...

An interesting finding from the study is that owners of 21% of affected dogs and 38% of affected cats reported seeing little fire ants (LFA) near their homes. While some prior studies have ...

Department of Primary Industries red fire ant map shows the species’ spread through southeast Queensland. Border patrols, CCTV detection cameras and sniffer dogs have also been used in the ...