With the start of summer just days away, many of us will be looking forward to long sunny days spent at the beach, by the pool, out camping or picnicking in the park. Insects also love summer. This is ...

The exhibit includes a smell-based interactive, highlighting the range of odors ants use to mark trails, raise alarms and ...

For the record, ant bites aren’t as common as you might think. “All ants can bite but they rarely do unless harassed,” says Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Ph.D., associate director of community & urban ...

With painful stings, rapid reproduction, and a threat to crops, infrastructure, and human health, the red imported fire ant — ...

For the record, ant bites aren’t as common as you might think. “All ants can bite but they rarely do unless harassed,” says Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Ph.D., associate director of community & urban ...

An invasive ant species native to East Asia has spread to every corner of North Carolina, and it can cause health and ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An invasive ant that can deliver a painful sting has been found in Indiana for the first time, a Purdue University insect expert says. The Asian needle ant has traveled southern ...

Asian needle ants, an invasive species, reach their peak population in June and July. So far, Asian needle ants have been confirmed in Cincinnati. These ants deliver a painful, venomous sting that can ...

If you live in a rural or suburban area in the Southern states, you’ve likely seen a fire ant hill a few times in your life. Stepping on a fire ant hill, sometimes referred to as a mound, can mean ...

Fire ants excel at human assisted spread, which makes any construction or mining supply chain a risk if controls lapse.