Ant Middleton, renowned for his SAS-style training, is bringing his expertise to Dubai with a series of challenging events ...

Fire ants came into Australia in the late 90s in freight from the US, but were not found until 2001. They are originally from ...

A 2009 study examining the sleep/wake cycles of S. invicta found that the worker ants averaged a mammoth 253 sleep episodes ...

Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service entomologist provides Australians with Texas-based expertise on eradicating fire ants.

Residents have been told to be on high alert for fire ants, as ex-Cyclone Alfred may have helped the 'super pest' invasive species spread through Queensland. Since arriving in Australia in the ...

Fire ants first arrived in Australia at Brisbane in 2001 via international shipping. The outbreak from that incursion is ongoing, with a National Fire Ant Eradication Program treating 8000 square ...

Robert Puckett, Ph.D., an AgriLife Extension entomologist and associate professor in Texas A&M’s Department of Entomology, ...

The state's peak farming group has welcomed a fresh crackdown on biosecurity controls in the wake of ex-tropical Cyclone ...

The Bundamba home suffered damage after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred dumped massive amounts of rain across parts of Queensland. (ABC News: Tobi Loftus) Thousands of fire ants inundated his property this ...

The Invasive Species Council's (ISC) Reece Pianata told Yahoo "it could sweep fire ants into carrier materials like turf, risking their further spread to other parts of Australia". "We've seen ...

A video of fire ants 'rafting' on Queensland floodwaters has gone viral on social media, prompting concerns that the ...