The discovery of a fire ant nest at Tweed Heads on the NSW far north coast has prompted a quick response from authorities.

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A malfunctioning video game console put a 10-year-old boy on a quest to develop a type of sand that can repel one of the most frightening invasive alien species to reach Japan.

Fire ants might come in different flavors, but they're all basically nasty and unwanted in North Carolina. Even so, the invasive ant native to South America is here to stay − and is adapting.

Over the past century, red fire ants have spread throughout much of the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, China and Australia. Last year, they were spotted in Europe for the first time.

Fire ants mound in a horse paddock in Waterford, south of Brisbane, in October 2024. Dan Peled Last year, more than 100 nests of fire ants were discovered on an army base west of Toowoomba. A ...

Fire ants first arrived in Australia in 2001 via international shipping in Brisbane. Since then, colonies have been found and eradicated in Sydney, Gladstone and Fremantle.

Little fire ants have been found at a Waimanalo property by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and officials are urging residents to test for the invasive pest in their homes and businesses.

National allergy bodies told a Senate Inquiry into Red Imported Fire Ants that 174,000 people could develop severe allergic reactions to the insect's bite if it became endemic in Australia.

To test whether corridors aided the spread of fire ants, the U.S. Forest Service created experimental landscapes called blocks. One block consists of a central patch created by clearing plantation ...

Little fire ants from the stoptheant.org website. (Screenshot/2024) If you’ve been following the news, you know there is little money at the state Department of Agriculture to deal with this issue.