The National Fire Ant Eradication Program is considering "enforcement actions" for a business accused of spreading nests to Queensland mine sites via a shipment of bricks.
Fire ants are spreading across southern counties, bringing sharper health risks, farm damage, and tougher choices on control today ...
Fire ants may be small, but disturbing a nest can trigger an aggressive swarm within seconds. Their stings are known for intense burning pain, lingering irritation, and itchy welts that can last for ...
Due to (fire ants') aggressive nature, victims are rarely stung once. Ants also usually swarm intruders and prey. As a result, victims (including humans) are typically stung multiple times by ...
Oklahoma wildfires have spread into Southwest Kansas over the last week.
BEAVER COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry released an updated report on the State’s wildfires Friday morning. The northwest part of the state has ...
Doctors warn wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles, even if you can't see it, and impact your health. At the same time, those winds are also carrying tree pollen, sparking 'Cedar Fever.' ...
A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact, the diversity of ants in the American tropics and their behavior remain ...
If your patients have been coming in with new asthma-like symptoms or sudden allergies to foods or the environment, long COVID could be to blame. In an article published in Nature Immunology last ...
Life may look like a paradise for beetles living in ant colonies. Plump, wriggling ant larvae and helpless eggs sit waiting to be devoured, while hundreds of thousands of ants stand at the ready to ...