Lake Eyre in the Australian Outback.Key PointKati Thanda–Lake Eyre only makes an appearance once in a generation, when conditions are just right. Thanks to some recent floods, the lake is now full of ...

In Brisbane, Australia in 2001 ... Red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, feed on a drop of honey at the Dallas Zoo. This species is amongst the most widespread and ecologically devastating.

And despite a mostly undeserved reputation for being a stinging pest, Australian ants do an extraordinary amount of environmental heavy lifting. While several high-profile invasive ant species ...

A hell ant species that lived 113 million years ago in northeastern Brazil was recently discovered. The hell ant, which was preserved as a rock impression in limestone, is a member of ...

It also offers some insight into unusual features in ant species of this period that didn’t survive the mass extinction that ended the dinosaur era, the researchers said. Today, ants are one of ...

A newly discovered "hell ant" fossil may be the oldest ant ever found, scientists say. This fossilized insect was unearthed in what is now northeastern Brazil and lived around 113 million years ...

Australia’s first fire ant infestation was in 2001, according to the country’s Invasive Species Council (ISC). Modeling by the ISC suggests fire ants will spread to “every corner of ...

Unusually large funnel-web males were brought to the Australian Reptile Park as part of the venom program, which led researchers to begin comparing the species. Kane Christian received the large ...

Bob Strauss is a science writer and the author of several books, including "The ... as "endangered" by the IUCN. Ants clock in at over 10,000 different species, so you'd think naturalists would ...