Thousands of fire ants have been spotted floating on floodwaters through the Texas city and forming rafts using their bodies ...

The invasive fire ants first hitched a boat ride to Alabama in 1918. Since then, they've marched into over a dozen states, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health ...

Like feral hogs, zebra mussels, and giant salvinia, fire ants are an invasive species unleashing chaos on our native landscape.

Find out where the ants are getting into the house by following their trails or looking for gaps to the exterior, then caulk those holes or plug them up with petroleum jelly. Then try laying down ant ...

As West Texans face a sudden influx of sugar ants, experts warn that these moisture-seeking pests can signal other issues lurking in homes after heavy rains.

These are the bugs and rodents that will stick around your home through the Texas winter, and what to do about them.

Fire ants survive floods by grouping together and forming a raft. This technique is inspiring scientists to build materials that do the same thing and can be used in medical devices.

LSU AgCenter entomologist Aaron Ashbrook recommends a fire ant strategy called the Texas two-step. Borrowing its name from the country-western dance, this method developed by scientists at Texas A ...

Invasive red imported fire ants are most active in Texas during fall.

Fire ants survive floods by grouping together and forming a raft. This technique is inspiring scientists to build materials that do the same thing and can be used in medical devices.

Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife.

These ants live in colonies and consist of several types of adult ants including winged males, reproductive and worker ants, according to the Texas Invasive Species Institute.