Q. Years ago, when my younger sister was 2, she stepped on a fire ant mound. My mother rushed her to the hospital. The doctor there told my mother to get meat tenderizer and make a paste and cover her ...

Native to South America, fire ants were accidentally imported to Alabama in the 1930s and are considered an invasive species ...

Stepping on a fire ant mound ruins a beautiful afternoon outside. These aggressive insects swarm quickly and deliver painful ...

Protect yourself and wildlife from the wrath of fire ants with these effective ways to get rid of them, and avoid common remedies that don't work.

Over the past few decades, the Asian needle ants have spread to more than 20 states since their first appearance in Georgia ...

Ants are an annoying enough pest when you find them crawling onto your picnic blanket or nesting in your yard, sometimes wandering into your kitchen to find food or shelter. But some species can do a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A spilled container of sugar with fire ants crawling in and out of it - RHJPhtotos/Shutterstock Ants can be a real pesky problem ...

Makiki residents say they have been dealing with a little fire ant infestation, but after a nearby tree was knocked down ...

Fire and water do not normally mix. But when it comes to these imported fire ants, water is not a problem. In this extraordinary YouTube clip, we get to see. A colony of fire ants is dealing very ...

Barnaby Joyce says the “lifestyle of Australia” is at stake as One Nation backs in action on fire ants ahead of the Farrer by-election.

It's a rule here in the South. Following a heavy rain on Sunday, on Monday your yard becomes a death zone dotted with little, red-clay volcanoes—mounds teeming with fire ants just itching to sting you ...

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader who is curious about taking glucosamine tablets for joint pain.