Landowners in the Sunshine Coast hinterland have been left reeling after the deadly fire ant pest was found at a local ...

Authorities are investigating how fire ants came to be at a rural subdivision but say it is likely they arrived in mulch, ...

Fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters across storm-ravaged Australia, aiding the spread of one of the world's most invasive species. Considered a super pest, fire ants can cause ...

As someone interested in ecology and the environment, I commenced an in-depth study of fire ants many years before fire ants appeared in Australia. Once fire ants appeared in Australia, I formed the ...

Creating a biosecurity crisis is shockingly simple. In the 1850s, Jane Paterson, a settler near Albury planted seeds of a ...

Australia's fire ant authority says "downright dangerous" misinformation spread on traditional and social media is hampering its efforts to eradicate the pest. The National Fire Ant Eradication ...

The spokeswoman said fire ant treatments were assessed and endorsed by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, ensuring safety for people, animals and the environment.

Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin ... that house hundreds or even thousands of queens. On Australia’s Christmas Island, the accidental introduction of yellow crazy ants ...

Fire ants, a native of South America, first invaded the United States in the 1930s, and have spread to other parts of the world in this century, including Australia, China and Taiwan. In Japan ...