Narrator: At first glance, a fire ant hill — or mound ... The mound is really the top of an enormous underground structure: the nest. Which is basically a giant nursery: a nice, cozy place ...

This behavior highlights the complex interactions between the virus and the social structure of the ant colonies. On the other hand, SINV-4, another virus identified in fire ants, appears to have ...

For example, ants have a variety of biological defenses. Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin. They can also survive floods by clumping together to float on the water’s surface.

Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest Virginia.

Japan has designated the Argentine ant and the venomous red imported fire ant, both native to South America, as “invasive alien species.” Both species are small in stature, but hundreds of ...

Red imported fire ants, a venomous invasive species of ant, are on the verge of becoming established in Japan. Once it has become an established species, the little arthropod, known as “hiari ...