"They’re crawling over patios, they’re coming into our homes." Residents sound alarm after invasive red fire ants land over 20 people in hospital, kill puppy: 'They're just everywhere' first appeared ...

Fire ants might come in different flavors, but they're all basically nasty and unwanted in North Carolina. Even so, the ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s good to be the queen—the ant queen, that is—because mating does wonders for her immune system. When exposure ...

Invasive fire ants, first arriving in the U.S. in 1918, have spread throughout the Southeast, causing problems for residents and farmers. Adding to the problem, red and black fire ants are ...

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 ...