Are fire ants taking over your home? While there are many ways to eliminate these troublesome invaders, here's a natural ...

Like mercenaries of the natural world, fire ants are hardy, resilient, and vicious. They’ve become an invasive species thanks ...

This article is part of Texas Monthly’s special fiftieth-anniversary issue. Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. When Solenopsis invicta, a.k.a. the red imported fire ...

Fire ant piles wash up as kids play in the flood waters along the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront as Hurricane Sally moves more east, in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.

Velvet ants are known as “indestructible insects”, in part because of their painful stings (and because they scream when threatened) but also because of their incredibly hard exoskeletons. The ...