Bull ants are unusually large, and have powerful, serrated mandibles and a stinger on their abdomen that really can pack a ...

Red fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland, with the extreme weather threatening a countrywide spread of the highly invasive species. ...

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 ...

Australia's photographic natural database is about to get a big boost as citizen scientists are urged to join a national ...

Australia’s native meat ants are struggling. Invasive species of foreign ants have a foothold on the continent, and are increasingly outcompeting their native rivals for territory. Beyond simple ...

The research found the Australian bushfires of 2019 and 2020 pumped out emissions on a scale similar to major volcanic eruptions - Copyright AFP Ludovic MARIN The ...

Researchers have uncovered an exception to the global phenomenon known as 'Insect Armageddon' in the largest study of Australian insect populations conducted to date. La Trobe University researchers ...

Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city - © AFP/File Patrick HAMILTON Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city - © AFP/File Patrick HAMILTON Fire ants aren’t ...

A swarm of ants attacked a small telescope in Australia earlier this year, and when they died, their tiny corpses blew out the power supply. The Australian Beta Pictoris b Ring instrument (bRing-AU) ...

Ants in gin, Australia’s rule-breaking chefs, Adam Leonti’s date-night pasta, curbing L.A.’s cream-top enthusiasm, Chin Chin’s endangered Chinese chicken salad and more. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general ...