Set out baits labeled for carpenter ants. Baits can be effective because ants share food with each other, says Benson. Place ...

Twenty years’ worth of imagery captured by two orbiters circling Mars has revealed raging winds on the red planet. Wind on the barren planet would be invisible if it weren’t for Mars’ iconic red dust, ...

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The “space dust” which helps to form the stars and planets around the cosmos is spongier than previously thought, an international team of scientists has found. Astronomers and astrochemists reviewed ...

We often wander to fancy restaurants and exotic dishes when we think of "gourmet" meals. But out in the wild, some of the most nutritious and surprisingly tasty foods come in small, unassuming ...

An independent review has been launched into Australia's fire ant eradication program to assess funding, progress and targets. Fire ants have infested 850,000 hectares in Queensland and have been ...

What's worse than an ant bite? A fire ant bite. Fire ants, as their name might suggest, are reddish insects with stingers and venom pouches that they may use to attack areas of exposed skin, according ...

Researchers uncovered how ants keep their powerful sense of smell clear: by using a genetic safeguard that silences surrounding receptor genes. This discovery not only solves a decades-old puzzle but ...

Dust storms are nothing new to Arizona, a state that sees the massive walls of dust roll in every year. In the past month, the Phoenix area saw two major storms, causing flight cancellations, damaged ...

Biosecurity zones have been established at five central Queensland mine sites where fire ants have been detected in recent months. Zones restrict certain materials from being moved from sites, such as ...

Researchers discovered that Mediterranean ants are having babies that belong to a different species. Researchers observed queens of the Mediterranean harvester ant species Messor ibericus, left, ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...