Over the past few decades, the Asian needle ants have spread to more than 20 states since their first appearance in Georgia ...

This invasive insect's sting has been reported to cause severe allergic reactions, like anaphylaxis, in people who are ...

Keep mulch, leaf litter, and vegetation at least 10 to 12 inches away from the foundation. Trim back any tree branches or ...

Mark Moffett, a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History, specializes in capturing the often-overlooked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stinging ant, capable of triggering potentially fatal allergic reactions, has been spotted in eight Mississippi locations, ...

Scientists discover desert ants forming a rare cleaning partnership, challenging what we know about insect behavior and ...

Learn more about a newly observed insect behavior in which smaller ants clean larger ants.

After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

Argentine ants are among the most destructive invasive insects on the planet, forming supercolonies that stretch across ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...