With homes in many parts of Texas overrun by armies of red ants swarming electrical devices, breaker boxes and AC units, causing shorts and other damage, scientists said a naturally-occurring fungus ...

There's an invasive species in Mississippi that numbers in the millions, asphyxiates its prey and creates huge super colonies that are nearly impossible to eradicate. Tawny crazy ants get their name ...

The Texas A&M study estimated that red imported fire ants cause about $1.2 billion in combined damage and control costs across Texas each year.

Yellow crazy ants get their name from the helter-skelter movements they make after a disturbance. But there’s another reason to call these invasive ants crazy: males of the species are a mixture of ...

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

Tawny crazy ants, an invasive species from South America, are spreading across the southern U.S., creating supercolonies that displace native wildlife. These ants are known for their erratic movements ...