Although their arrival has caused a stir, these ants aren’t new to the United States. The U.S. Forest Service shared ...

First spotted in 2002 in Pasadena by Tom Rasberry, the exterminator for whom the rice-grain-sized insects are named, the ants now have spread through much of the greater Houston area.

A group of crazy Rasberry ants at the Sam Houston State University's Institute for the Study of Invasive Species Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Huntsville. James Nielsen/Houston Chronicle.

As the warmer weather brings people outdoors across Houston, fire ants are waiting. Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans ...

Ants are descending on Houston homes during the drought. Here's how to keep them out. By Ralph Green, Staff writer Updated Aug 20, 2023 8:45 a.m. File: A photo of fire ants.

Fire ants have been seen floating in massive rafts around Houston, and scientists have figured out how they pull it off. ... Fire ants band together to escape Houston flood 00:22.

Texas is crawling, (literally), with ants and, except for entomologists and other ants, nobody likes them. Especially in your ...

Houston residents dealing with rising floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey have one more threat to consider: floating islands of fire ants. On Twitter, several journalists have captured images and ...

HOUSTON (WSVN) — As if the devastating floods in the wake of Hurricane Harvey weren’t enough, people are now spotting “islands” of fire ants in the flood waters.

Amid the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Harvey, an island of fire ants has been spotted floating on floodwaters in Houston. CBS National Correspondent Omar Villafranca tweeted the picture of ...