Biologist Edward LeBrun is weaponizing a natural pathogen to use as a biocontrol for tawny crazy ants from South America that have become prevalent in the southeastern US. Over the past 15 years or so ...

Close up of a yellow crazy ant standing on surface - Victor Suarez Naranjo/Shutterstock An ant infestation in your yard could quickly lead to an ant problem inside your house or car, depending on ...

So devastating is this fungal pathogen to invasive crazy ants that it sometimes leads to the extinction of local populations. Reading time 4 minutes Invasive tawny crazy ants are spreading wildly in ...

Acid-spewing tawny crazy ants, formerly called raspberry crazy ants, have been spreading through the gulf coast in recent years. Christine Sinatra / The University of Texas at Austin’s Brackenridge ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Scientists at the University of Texas Austin may have found a way to stop an invasive ant species. UT said tawny crazy ants have been known to swarm breaker boxes on homes, air ...

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Scientists believe an invasive ant species that spews acid from its abdomen has finally met its match after discovering that a naturally occurring fungus kills off a significant number of the ant ...

The yellow crazy ant, or Anoplolepis gracilipes, has the infamous distinction of being among the worst invasive species in the world. However, this is not the reason for which this particular ant is ...

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Most male yellow crazy ants have two distinct sets of DNA in their bodies, a new study published last week in Science finds. The ants display a genetic condition called chimerism, named for the ...