Like other insects, ants are most active during the warmer months. They’re attracted to sweet sap found in many gardens, which is why they’re commonly found in plant beds and amid crops. Sometimes, ...

Fire ants excel at human assisted spread, which makes any construction or mining supply chain a risk if controls lapse.

ATLANTA — Fire ant mounds are an unwelcome herald of spring across a widening swath of the American South and West, but scientists say experiments with species-specific pathogens offer hope for ...

NOVA reveals the spiritual rituals of the African Mofu people as they go through their harvest cycle, and follows the efforts of the tribe to bring an ant to its village to rid a home of termites.

An invasive ant species native to East Asia has spread to every corner of North Carolina, and it can cause health and ...