I battled the ants for about a year before I started noticing interesting patterns in their behavior. My military tactics against the invaders were those of a typical San Francisco eco-nerd. I used ...

Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) are among the most aggressive invasive insects in the United States. But after pushing out native ant species in local ecosystems across the country, the little ...

Scientists have deciphered the genome of a persistent household pest -- the Argentine ant, an invasive species that is threatening native insects across the world. The newly sequenced genomes of the ...

The invasive usurpers from South America have proved difficult to fight with insecticides and other traditional measures. Scientists hope the new genetic information will help In 1907 Argentine ants ...

Argentine ants, Linepithema humile, are one of the world’s most widespread, abundant, and damaging invasive ants. But now, researchers have just discovered a novel virus carried by these global ...

Ants that drink a caffeinated solution can locate sweet rewards faster than un-caffeinated ants, suggesting the drug boosts learning. To see how Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) respond to caffeine ...

IF ONLY all ecological pests were so easily dispatched. The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), one of the world’s worst invasive species, is disappearing from New Zealand – without any human ...