Are fire ant mounds popping up in your yard, garden or pasture? As temperatures rise, so does fire ant activity. The good ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 11Audrey11 / Getty Images Large ant hills in your yard can be an eyesore. Plus they can make it tricky to mow your lawn or tend ...

Red imported fire ants are an invasive ant species originally from South America. These aggressive ants have been spreading across the southern United States for years and are now found in at least 17 ...

If you live in a rural or suburban area in the Southern states, you’ve likely seen a fire ant hill a few times in your life. Stepping on a fire ant hill, sometimes referred to as a mound, can mean ...

Nigel Andrew is an editor of Austral Ecology and subject editor (Zoology) for PeerJ. He played no part in the double-blind peer-review process of the Austral Ecology research paper this article draws ...

Three species of fire ants have been found in North Carolina: red imported fire ants, black fire ants, and hybrid fire ants. Red imported fire ants are the most common fire ant species in North ...