An invasive species of stinging, carnivorous ants have been slowly spreading in about 20 states. Last year at ...

Experts are warning residents to watch out for a lesser-known but potentially dangerous insect: the Asian needle ant.

Asian needle ants aren't in Michigan, but are spreading in other states. The invasive species can leave a painful sting. Here ...

This would be the twig ant that for some produces a sting like a wasp ... If you live in any part of central, northeastern coastal and southern counties in Florida you probably have these little ...

A picture of the massive sting left ... bright red and black," Breuer said. There are roughly 435 species of velvet ant in North America, with roughly 50 species in Florida alone, according ...

Inside a hapless fire ant, a tiny maggot is growing, feeding on the internal fluids and organs of the stinging insect ... other controls to put the bite on Florida's loathsome fire ants.

The term "black ants" is broad since many ant species are black, explains Roberto M. Pereira, Ph.D., an insect research scientist at the University of Florida. “The name ‘black ant’ doesn ...