Occasionally, clueless humans or major floods disturb the nest. And when that happens, the fire ants have only one option: leave. Once a year, on average, the colony will move out and build an ...

Georgia Tech researchers (l-r) Daniel Goldman and Michael Goodisman pose with a tube containing simulated soil used to study tunnels being made by fire ants. They are holding examples of nests ...

Entomologists have found 88 red fire ant nests spread over five hectares near the city of Syracuse on the Italian island of Sicily, said The Telegraph's science editor Sarah Knapton. And according ...