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 ...

New restrictions in place on moving materials into five central Queensland sites to reduce the spread of the invasive species.

Fire ant treatments have been suspended on organic farms, and alternatives sought, after baits containing genetically modified soybean oil and corn grit were found to have been unwittingly distributed ...

Earlier this year, the Queensland government added a $24 million boost to the Fire Ant Suppression Taskforce, taking total ...

The Crisafulli Government has ramped up its attack on fire ants with an aerial assault underway over parts of the South East. Treatment aims to ...

Video released by the National Fire Ant Eradication Program shows how quickly the world's worst invasive pests swarm to protect their nests. House painter Joel Booker was lucky not to have been ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — An environmental group has issued a warning about the invasive threat posed by fire ants, which have been documented forming “rafts” in floodwaters to access new territory amid ...

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. ...

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