Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red imported fire ants – known as RIFA – are spreading throughout the southern U.S., and if there are enough nests in an area, ...

They’re aggressive. Disturb them and they’re likely to swarm you, biting ten to 20 times per attack and injecting venom that causes an intense burning sensation, followed by itchy blisters. Scientists ...

A closeup of a fire ant on the glove of Charlie Cassidy, Field Operations Manager with the Orange County Fire Ant Authority, found in a fire ant mound on La Grima Street in Mission Viejo, CA, Feb. 25, ...

Red imported fire ants are an invasive ant species originally from South America. These aggressive ants have been spreading across the southern United States for years and are now found in at least 17 ...

Like flees and rats that carried the bubonic plague to Europe from Asia in the fourteenth century, two of the four fire ant species arrived in the American south from southern Latin America. They did ...

SOUTHWEST VA. – Virginia agricultural officials have expanded the state’s red imported fire ant quarantine to include Pittsylvania County, Danville, and Halifax County as warming temperatures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anderson Arboleda / Getty Images Whether you have dodged their mounds while walking around your yard or endured a painful sting, ...

CNN) — The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring hospital treatment since the beginning of March, according to ...

LAS CRUCES — The New Mexico Department of Agriculture is moving to end a 27-year-old federal quarantine in Doña Ana County for red imported fire ants. These are not the common variety that show up ...

Ants are a nuisance to many homeowners, and most people don’t hesitate to reach out to their local exterminators to get rid of them. Many of us assume all ants are the same. However, when comparing ...