The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, is one of the most successful invasive species in the world, having colonized parts of five continents in addition to its native range in South America. A new ...

The invasive usurpers from South America have proved difficult to fight with insecticides and other traditional measures. Scientists hope the new genetic information will help In 1907 Argentine ants ...

One of the most widespread invasive ant species not only displaces native ants, but also carries viruses. Phil Lester at Victoria University of Wellington and his colleagues searched for viral ...

Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) are among the most aggressive invasive insects in the United States. But after pushing out native ant species in local ecosystems across the country, the little ...

Argentine ants, Linepithema humile, are one of the world’s most widespread, abundant, and damaging invasive ants. But now, researchers have just discovered a novel virus carried by these global ...

If only all ecological pests were so easily dispatched. The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), one of the world’s worst invasive species, is disappearing from New Zealand – without any human ...