An invasion of “highly aggressive” imported red fire ants has taken hold in an affluent California community, officials reported. The ants, native to South America, have infested Montecito ...

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

Creating a biosecurity crisis is shockingly simple. In the 1850s, Jane Paterson, a settler near Albury planted seeds of a ...

Invasive Red Fire Ants Spreading in Europe Sep. 11, 2023 — One of the most invasive species in the world is Solenopsis invicta, a red fire ant species with a painful sting.

Fire ants can be deadly to small animals and children. Picture: Contributed Dr Swepson made headlines in 2019 claiming the ...

One of the key findings from recent studies is that SINV-3 can significantly reduce fire ant populations. In field trials, the introduction of SINV-3 into fire ant nests led to a remarkable ...

House painter Joel Booker was lucky not to have been attacked by red imported fire ants at the site of Queensland's latest fire ant outbreak. He repeatedly, unknowingly, walked past nests at a ...

A Queensland landscaping supply company has been fined after delivering up to 152 loads of potential deadly fire ant carrying ...