You love working in your garden, and you keep your lawn healthy and lush by tackling weeds and grubs, mowing correctly, and watering the right way. But those annoying anthills just keep appearing. Of ...

Most everyone in these parts has come in contact with fire ants in the worst way -- getting bitten. Everywhere you look, there are fire ant mounds ... by the road side, in the fields and in my yard.

The first time Marcela Cosarinsky saw a nest of Atta vollenweideri leaf-cutter ants, it was the late 1990s and she was in an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natural methods can disrupt or repel ants preventing them from establishing a colony and anthill. Vinegar, citrus, essential oils, ...

It's a rule here in the South. Following a heavy rain on Sunday, on Monday your yard becomes a death zone dotted with little, red-clay volcanoes—mounds teeming with fire ants just itching to sting you ...

The recent rain has been a welcome sight following a drought-stricken summer. However, with the rain comes trouble of its own. Of course, flooding was the major headline two weeks ago, but now we're ...

Fire ants’ fondness of fall arouses a flurry of activity. And that renewed activity provides an opportunity to control this pesky insect. The thing that triggers the increase in fall fire ant activity ...

FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - Unwelcome visitors may be popping up around your home, and the Alabama’s Cooperative Extension Service has a warning for you. Fire ants are a big problem this time of year ...

A: Biodiversity of life is incredibly important to a healthy ecosystem, but can we all agree that fire ants should just go? It feels at times like they are our sidewalk jailers: always watchful and ...

Across the western United States, the industrious insects known as harvester ants are often cast as pests. These ants gather seeds and live in large sediment mounds, and they can deliver nasty stings ...

Researchers report that in the absence of visible landmarks, desert ants increase the likelihood that foraging nest mates will find their way home quickly and safely by elevating their nest entrance.

Although fire ants are not considered to be officially established in Forsyth County, they can be found here. Leah Hazelwood at Go-Forth Pest Management said that fire ants are popping up everywhere ...