"Once you introduce a species to a new place, anything can really happen." Scientists issue stark warning after harmful ...

Summer's here, but so are fire ants! Learn how these invasive pests cause electrical hazards and what the Federal Fire Ant ...

Anyone in VDACS’ RIFA quarantine zone, which extends from Southside Virginia all the way up to Chesterfield County now, ...

Courtesy of David Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology "Aggressive" fire ants that float on water by linking thousands of their insect bodies together have invaded the Richmond area. Why it matters: ...

“Fire ants are more active before or after rainfall and can form large floating rafts which move with water currents to establish footholds in new areas,” Pianta said, urging residents to be ...

A fire ant colony forms a large raft in a watercourse in this historical ... “They’re able to float to a new location and set up a colony, and it’s a sign that fire ants are reaching a ...

Fire ant rafts enable these invertebrates to survive floods by aggregating in floating islands of living organisms. For a long time, their formation was thought to come down to something called ...