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 ...

Like flees and rats that carried the bubonic plague to Europe from Asia in the fourteenth century, two of the four fire ant species arrived in the American south from southern Latin America. They did ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imported red fire ants are causing problems in the affluent community of Montecito near Santa Barbara, California offiicals say. Photo from Getty Images/iStockphoto An invasion of “highly aggressive” ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner's Office is responding to an active infestation of Red Imported Fire Ants, Solenopsis invicta, centralized in the ...

Ants are among the most recognizable, admired, dreaded and mythologized insects on earth. They are famed for their industry, work ethic, organization, militaristic skills and loyalty. Ants are also ...

Ouch! You were digging in your yard to plant, and you just felt a sting delivered courtesy of a fire ant. You may think of fire ants as just one type of ant capable of such a sting, but the truth is ...

Giuseppe Battaglia walks in his beautiful garden on the outskirts of Avola, on Sicily’s southeastern coast. He is wearing long socks and sneakers, despite the September sun and 30-degree-Celsius ...

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 ...