CNN) — The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring hospital treatment since the beginning of March, according to ...

A major fire ant outbreak has broken out at a BHP coal mine in Queensland, the company has confirmed. The outbreak was found at the BHP Broadmeadow coal mine, 150km inland from Mackay, last week.

They swarm, they sting, they're invasive, and they could be in your backyard soon. Fire ants — named for their painful, burning sting — have relentlessly marched across south-east Queensland, steadily ...

Sam Robinson receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council and the National Geographic Society. With the start of summer just days away ...