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

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

While Australia is recognized for its rich ant diversity, with estimates ranging from 1,300 to over 5,000 species, Leptanilla voldemort represents only the second species of the Leptanilla family ...

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

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 ...

A video of fire ants forming life rafts to escape flood waters filmed by a Queensland woman has emerged, sparking concerns over the invasive species infiltrating NSW.

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

In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the Minns Labor Government has taken immediate action to ensure that fire ant carrying materials, such as hay, sourced from both the storm impacted and ...

The state government has revealed it will wait another year before launching an independent review into the $593 million ...

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 ...

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