Texas A&M AgriLife has science-backed ways to control fire ants and eliminate entire colonies — and not just the ones you see ...

North Carolina ranks 14th in the US for pest-related Google searches, with ants being a major concern. Red imported fire ants, known for their painful stings and aggressive behavior, are present in ...

Social media posts recommending club soda as a way to kill fire ants have circulated online for years. That happened again earlier this month when a Sept. 4 Facebook post received more than 13,000 ...

Red imported fire ants – known as RIFA – are spreading throughout the southern U.S., and if there are enough nests in an area, they can make simply going outside nearly impossible. They can kill small ...

As if Santa Barbara County hadn’t seen enough heat recently, red imported fire ants (RIFA) have infiltrated Montecito. The infestation is believed to have originated from the importation of ...

EAST TEXAS - Just last week, I kneeled down to get a closer look at a weed and put my knee squarely in a fire ant mound. I swatted my pants leg and got all of them off without getting stung. It was a ...

SOUTHWEST VA. – Virginia agricultural officials have expanded the state’s red imported fire ant quarantine to include Pittsylvania County, Danville, and Halifax County as warming temperatures ...

A new population of “highly aggressive” red imported fire ants has infested a private property in Montecito, according to Santa Barbara County officials. The ants are capable of biting and stinging ...