CNN) — The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring hospital treatment since the beginning of March, according to ...

(CNN) — The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring hospital treatment since the beginning of March, according to ...

Video released by the National Fire Ant Eradication Program shows how quickly the world's worst invasive pests swarm to protect their nests. House painter Joel Booker was lucky not to have been ...

They swarm, they sting, they're invasive, and they could be in your backyard soon. Fire ants — named for their painful, burning sting — have relentlessly marched across south-east Queensland, steadily ...

Sam Robinson receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council and the National Geographic Society. With the start of summer just days away ...