If you live in a warm climate, you’ve likely had at least one unfortunate interaction with fire ants. These tiny red ants are aggressive and fast, which means they can quickly climb onto your body, ...

It's well known that many animals, including migratory birds, butterflies, and even fish, use the sun for navigational purposes. Nocturnal animals are dealt a more difficult hand, however, as the moon ...

AN infestation of insects was discovered in the mortuary at Beaumont Hospital, requiring an emergency callout by pest-control specialists to deal with the problem. It was one of a number of ...

Pests are an unavoidable part of life, and your kitchen is their favorite destination. With its constant supply of food and warmth, it's a beacon for everything from ants to flies ...

Texas A&M AgriLife has science-backed ways to control fire ants and eliminate entire colonies — and not just the ones you see.

Ant crickets are small insects that spend their entire lives inside ant colonies, one of the most hostile environments for ...

Winged ants aren’t random pests. Discover why over 1,000 US species take flight, form super colonies, and how to stop them for good.

You might be surprised to learn that some birds regularly prey on wasps despite their painful stings. These skilled hunters have developed clever strategies for catching and eating stinging insects, ...

Despite recent rain events, hordes of ants have inundated houses across South Australia's Riverland. The uptick in the common ...

For more than 40 years, researchers suspected this species might operate in such an extreme way, but they couldn’t prove it. Now, a new study confirms it. This is the first known ant species made up ...

The exploding ant, known scientifically as Colobopsis explodens, has one of the most extreme defense mechanisms in the animal kingdom. When threatened, certain worker ants rupture their own bodies, ...

Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of ...