Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s easy to lump ants into one category (you know, annoying pests you want out of your house ASAP), but there are actually more ...

Ants are a nuisance to many homeowners, and most people don’t hesitate to reach out to their local exterminators to get rid of them. Many of us assume all ants are the same. However, when comparing ...

Warmer temperatures mean summer is well on its way, but it also means something else: The bugs are out. Anything that crawls, ...

The red imported fire ant has infested a property in Montecito. (Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images) A new population of "highly aggressive" red imported fire ants has infested a private property ...

Since the red imported fire ant is an invasive species, they have displaced other fire ant species native to Texas such as “Solenopsis geminata” or tropical fire ants. Oktavianus Mulyadi Pexels As the ...

There are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth —that’s 2.5 million ants for every human. Known ant species (members of the family ...

In the forests of California’s Sierra Nevada, nature takes a dark, cunning turn. There’s a species of red ant, Polyergus mexicanus, that doesn’t just fight its neighbours. It kidnaps not a few, but ...

A new population of “highly aggressive” red imported fire ants has infested a private property in Montecito, according to Santa Barbara County officials. The ants are capable of biting and stinging ...