Researchers and Extension entomology specialists across the South work together to develop control strategies for pests such as ticks, mosquitoes, bed bugs and more. This includes fire ants, which ...

The state was also ranked 14th countrywide for total pest-related Google searches. Here's what to know about ant control this season.

Red imported fire ants are an invasive ant species originally from South America. These aggressive ants have been spreading across the southern United States for years and are now found in at ...

Fire ants inflict painful stings and create unsightly mounds in our landscapes. Unfortunately, there is no treatment that will eradicate them from a yard permanently. You will have to control fire ...

Fire ants inflict painful stings and create unsightly mounds in our landscapes. Unfortunately, there is no treatment that will eradicate them from a yard permanently. You will have to control fire ...

Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife.

The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring hospital treatment since the beginning of March, according to national ...

If you live in a rural or suburban area in the Southern states, you’ve likely seen a fire ant hill a few times in your life. Stepping on a fire ant hill, sometimes referred to as a mound, can ...

Fire ants will kill six people and cost Queensland households $188 million annually if they're allowed to continue spreading across the state, new research has found.

An anonymous federal government official accused the managers of the fire ant control program in the southern states for indulging in straightforward “pork barrel” unrelated to fire ants.