Whether you have dodged their mounds while walking around your yard or endured a painful sting, you know how pesky and dangerous fire ants can be to humans, pets, and gardens. Known as red imported ...

Large ant hills in your yard can be an eyesore. Plus they can make it tricky to mow your lawn or tend your garden—especially if those hills harbor stinging fire ants. If you’re ready to reclaim your ...

Fire ants can cause painful stings and disrupt the ecosystem in your garden and beyond. Regular checks of potted plants and thorough maintenance in your backyard can keep them away. Diatomaceous earth ...

Sprinkle grits around the mound. Readers say: The ants will eat them, the grit will expand, and the ant will die. Chance this works: 1 in a very big number. Why: Like you, an ant won’t eat food that ...

While both fire ants and red ants are red in color, they are not interchangeable. One major difference between them is the pain they cause. Fire ants are infamous for their painful, fiery sting, which ...

This kind of bites: Climate change is making fire ants an increasingly hot topic in Florida these days. But our efforts to tame them may only be scratching the surface. Red imported fire ants rank ...