Forget fangs full of venom — the backsides of serpents pack secretions volatile enough to kill insect invaders. By Joshua Rapp Learn A writhing ball of slimed-up, musky-smelling snake might be just ...

This army is in formation. Thousands of fire ants have been spotted floating on floodwaters through the Texas city and forming rafts using their bodies with residents now reporting the gross behavior.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has rejected Endangered Species Act protections for the Florida pinesnake. Environmentalists on Thursday sued the Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency’s denial of ...

They get their name from their erratic movements, especially while foraging, and are native to South America but spread to the southern U.S. in the late 1990s. According to the USDA, tawny crazy ants ...

Invasive red fire ants are wreaking havoc in Australia, sending dozens of people to hospitals and creating worry about how bad things will get. After the remnants of Cyclone Alfred dumped heavy rain ...

Greg "Lockie" Locke thought he had seen it all when it came to floods, but the water that swept through his property this week brought a new threat: fire ants. Under Mr Locke's house in Ipswich is a ...

Fire ants, kidnapper ants, honeypot ants and Argentine ants are ruthless! Fire ants bite and sting! They also use their own young to build a terrifying raft during floods. Kidnapper ants steal other ...

Potentially deadly fire ants have been discovered in yet another new housing development in Queensland. Two nests were killed by direct injection after being discovered at the Harmony Estate in the ...