Much as I agree with the need to eradicate the red imported fire ant or RIFA (Solenopsis invicta), there is no need to misreport or sensationalise. The baby that died in the day care centre in America ...

As someone interested in ecology and the environment, I commenced an in-depth study of fire ants many years before fire ants appeared in Australia. Once fire ants appeared in Australia, I formed the ...

An Australia Institute report released in September warned that allowing fire ants to spread could cause six deaths every year, trigger 116,000 medical visits and cost Queensland households $188m ...

Ants remember their encounters with individuals from another nest and treat every member of that nest accordingly. Although ...

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Kramarski, 43, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Raimondas Vejelis who died of injuries sustained in the fire in ...

The Toyota Tacoma would have looked out of place even if a leg hadn’t been sticking out of an open door. The surrounding ...

An Australia Institute report released in September warned that allowing fire ants to spread could cause six deaths every year, trigger 116,000 medical visits and cost Queensland households $188m ...

Occasionally, ant colonies experience a phenomenon called an ant mill, leading them into a fatal death spiral. This phenomenon involves a group of ants, typically army ants, becoming trapped in a ...