Fire ants are using floodwaters to form floating rafts and spreading across storm-battered Australia, posing a serious threat as one of the world’s most invasive species. The Invasive Species Council ...

Red fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland, with the extreme weather threatening a countrywide spread of the highly invasive species. ...

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They are builders, miners, carpenters and farmers. And despite a mostly undeserved reputation for being a stinging pest, Australian ants do an extraordinary amount of environmental heavy lifting.

The research found the Australian bushfires of 2019 and 2020 pumped out emissions on a scale similar to major volcanic eruptions - Copyright AFP Ludovic MARIN The ...

Australia’s native meat ants are struggling. Invasive species of foreign ants have a foothold on the continent, and are increasingly outcompeting their native rivals for territory. Beyond simple ...

MELBOURNE, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Melbourne, Australia, is struggling to contain an apparent infestation of so-called super ants imported from South America, the BBC reported Friday. The Argentine ants have ...

Researchers have uncovered an exception to the global phenomenon known as 'Insect Armageddon' in the largest study of Australian insect populations conducted to date. La Trobe University researchers ...