Ebony Britton is the pained face of South East Queensland’s fire ant crisis. When the mother of two secured a cheap rental at ...

"It is highly likely, I am advised, that the ants arrived in the area from a turf farm within the south-east ... was working with the National Fire Ant Eradication Program to support the incident ...

Residents in the fire ant suppression zone are pleading for more support as numbers of nests and bites "explode" after Cyclone Alfred. In the Queensland government's so-called inner suppression ...

Footage has emerged of thousands of the potentially deadly pests “rafting” in floodwaters, sparking fears they could spread out of control. The footage, from the Scenic Rim, shows the fire ants ...

Invasive ant species are becoming a problem ... For example, ants have a variety of biological defenses. Fire ants bite and sting with a venom called solenopsin. They can also survive floods ...