Groups of fire ants floating above flooded waters have been spotted around areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. The ants band together to create rafts in order to survive the flooding. Videos and ...

With the tremendous amount of water that was dropped on the Houston area, flooding was expected. With flooding comes the problem of various "critters" trying to find safe dry ground. Fire ants are no ...

"By the time water covers the mound and the tunnels are flooded, the ants have moved up and out of the nest, locking legs together and forming a floating mass of fire ants, called a raft," Dr. Robert ...