Fire ants might be the scourge of southern states like Georgia and Texas, but scientifically, they are endlessly fascinating as an example of collective behavior. A few fire ants spaced well apart ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In gross but cool news, fire ants are actually dope little engineers. Vishwanath, an environmentalist, was documenting wildlife in ...

Birds of feather flock together. Fish of a school also follow this rule. In nature, animals that flock, school, huddle, hive, pack or aggregate tend to form tight-knit groups to protect the members ...

Weaver ants’ feet have an incredibly strong grip—individual members of one species can, without slipping, hold an entire dead bird hanging off the edge of a table. And the mighty insects rarely work ...

Drop a clump of 100,000 fire ants in a pond of water – or flood a huge area of Texas that’s infested with fire ants and drive them out of their nests in large groups. In minutes the clump will flatten ...

Fire Ants Fire ants are one of the most recognizable and feared ant species due to their painful stings and aggressive behavior. Unlike other ants that quietly forage, fire ants actively defend their ...

One tiny red ant has Maui conservation crews on high alert. A single little fire ant was found last week inside the Waihe'e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge, and experts say that lone insect could ...

So far we don't have fire ants here in Oregon. I am glad of that. Also no burmese pythons, or africanized bees. Or drop bears, only black bears, and cougars. We do however, have our fair share of ...