One of the effects of the flooding caused by hurri...  ...f the flooding caused by hurricane Harvey is that fire ants are now on the move. When their territory is floo...  ...now on the move. When their territory is flooded, fire ants will leave their underground nests, link their li...  ...of surface tension to...

Fire ants , when trapped, will build a tower of ants in order to escape. Researchers at Georgia Tech,...  ...the invasive insects, studied the architecture of ant towers. David Hu and Craig Tovey observed how ants at the bottom supported the...

(Image: Chris Murray/NBC 4)During the past week, a...  ...th Carolina have experienced major flooding. When fire ants , the dominant life form in South Carolina, encoun...  ...Howard of National Geographic explains how these fire ant rafts work:When waters start to flood a fire ant...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A042J0IDQK...  ...ood isn't going to stop a couple thousand of good fire ants in the Amazon jungle. Take a look at this amazing...  ...a look at this amazing BBC Wildlife video of how fire ants crossed a river by forming a "living" l...