Q: As I was getting out of the shower, I noticed a few small black ants crawling near the drain. Upon closer inspection, I saw more ants around the floor mat, sink, and trash can. Why are there ants ...

Tanya Latty co-founded and volunteers for conservation organisation Invertebrates Australia, is former president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour and is on the Education ...

I've been killing a bunch already as I've had to every new season. The terro traps work best. Although, one year it didn't work at all. That's when I thought ants were getting smarter. I have a great ...

An invasive species of stinging, carnivorous ants have been slowly spreading in about 20 states. Last year at least three cases of life-threatening anaphylactic reactions were reported in Georgia, ...

A curious old folk practice claimed that contact with ants could transfer their energy and vitality to humans. This belief ...

Southern states familiar with an invasive, stinging ant are facing a new foe: A hybrid bug that combines the fierce red fire ant and the hardy black fire ant. Imported fire ants have spread from their ...

Texas has plenty of native things that can potentially hurt us, like scorpions and coyotes and, well, lawmakers, so the last thing we needed was a hostile carpetbagger from out of state. But in the ...

The Joro spider, Asian long-horned beetle and spotted lanternfly have company this summer. A "sneaky" invasive species that has a potentially deadly sting continues to spread across the U.S. and can ...

Has a crucial component to the development of human medicine been hiding under our feet? Auburn University Assistant ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said ...