Southern states familiar with an invasive, stinging ant are facing a new foe: A hybrid bug that combines the fierce red fire ant and the hardy black fire ant. Imported fire ants have spread from their ...

It’s a familiar feeling many of us have experienced. You may have been picnicking in a park, loading up a surfboard or walking your dog when ouch! The sensation between fire and an electric shock ...

No creature embodies the idea that “it takes a village” quite like ants. Using chemical signals and other ephemeral communication methods like antennal codes, ants can work together to build or ...