Tawny crazy ant, Nylanderia fulva. Credit: Alex Wild/University of Texas at Austin The Tawny crazy ant (sometimes called the Rasberry crazy ant) is an invasive species originally found in South ...

Humans aren’t the only ones who enjoy the sweet taste of sugar. Many people head into their kitchens only to be greeted by a swarm of sugar ants taking over a sweet treat or sticky spill on the ...

Scientists believe an invasive ant species that spews acid from its abdomen has finally met its match after discovering that a naturally occurring fungus kills off a significant number of the ant ...

Biologist Edward LeBrun is weaponizing a natural pathogen to use as a biocontrol for tawny crazy ants from South America that have become prevalent in the southeastern US. Over the past 15 years or so ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — University of Texas at Austin scientists may have found a way to stop a violent invasive ant species that has been ravaging the state for decades. UT said tawny crazy ants have been ...

Some invasive ants are driving biologists crazy, but new research into control methods is underway at the lab and in the field. Tag along on a family outing and see how springtime is the ideal season ...

Many species of ants live throughout the U.S. Most of them never become problematic enough for us to think of them as pests. But there are a handful of species that can cause both serious health ...

Another invasive species has made its way to south Louisiana. The tawny crazy ant, a reddish-brown ant that builds large colonies with multiple queens, are native to the Caribbean. They made their ...

After more than a decade, the terrorizing reign of the yellow crazy ant is over on the Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. The ...