Humans are the smartest creatures on the planet, right? While it is clear that we are by far the most intelligent when it comes to complex thinking and many other measurements, there are ...

From an airplane, cars crawling down the highway look like ants. But actual ants—unlike cars—somehow manage to avoid the scourge of stop-and-go traffic. Researchers are now studying these insects’ ...

In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the Minns Labor Government has taken immediate action to ensure that fire ant carrying materials, such as hay, sourced from both the storm impacted and ...

The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring ...

Leaf-cutter ants chew leaves into mulch, which grows an edible fungus. A worker caste of honey-pot ants called repletes swell into tiny balls to store food collected by foragers. Army ants move in ...

Fire ants came into Australia in the late 90s in freight from the US, but were not found until 2001. They are originally from South America but have spread across most of the southern US, and are ...

The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly ... since torrential rains brought on by a slow-moving tropical storm earlier in March, which meant the insects ...