A Texas city released nightmarish video this week showing piles of ants floating in floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Beta. “This is one of the reasons why you should avoid walking through flood ...

Texas is home to some of the creepiest, crawliest, and otherwise oddest animals on the planet. We introduce you to them in What in Tarnation?!, an occasional series. The teeming masses of crazy ants ...

With homes in many parts of Texas overrun by armies of red ants swarming electrical devices, breaker boxes and AC units, causing shorts and other damage, scientists said a naturally-occurring fungus ...

Since the red imported fire ant is an invasive species, they have displaced other fire ant species native to Texas such as “Solenopsis geminata” or tropical fire ants. Oktavianus Mulyadi Pexels As the ...

(AFP) — When crazy ants roll into new parts of Texas, the invasive species wipe out local insects and lizards, drive away birds, and even blind baby rabbits by spewing acid in their eyes. Scientists ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series on Texas leaf cutting ants. The first part was published on Sept. 4. Control of Atta Texana, Texas leaf cutter ants, is a challenge because of ...

As temperatures rise in North Texas, a small home intruder may work its way inside your home to escape the heat. Ants are a common household pest in Texas and — although they can show up year-round — ...

DALLAS (AP) — In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, ...

Of the nonnative animals crawling, buzzing and slithering across the American South, very few are officially designated "crazy." The crazy ant is an exception. When a Texas exterminator, Tom Rasberry, ...

A woman accused police officers in Santa Fe, Texas, of holding her face down in a pile of fire ants, leaving bite marks all over her head and chest. Taylor Rogers said the incident occurred Aug. 19, ...

Millions of invasive crazy ants took over parts of Texas and binded baby rabbits by spewing acid in their faces. The swarms of tawny crazy ants were so intense in some parts of the state, one ...

As the fall weather cools things down in North Texas, there’s one thing people need to be weary of: fire ants. The Lone Star State is home to over 200 ant species, but the one that truly packs a punch ...