The red imported fire ant has made its home in the southern areas of the United States. The reason isn't difficult to guess: ...

Fire ant stings are nasty. Lesions usually occur on the lower extremities after the disruption of a nest, causing a large number of ants to swarm and attack. The most common presentation is a wheal ...

If you live in a rural or suburban area in the Southern states, you’ve likely seen a fire ant hill a few times in your life. Stepping on a fire ant hill, sometimes referred to as a mound, can mean ...

After Jill Zinsmeyer Googled elevated tryptase levels, she learned of systemic mastocytosis. It took years for doctors to diagnose her with it. Several years ago, Jill Zinsmeyer was visiting Texas ...

Australia is facing a fiery crisis—quite literally—as an explosion in red fire ant populations has left 23 people hospitalized and countless others suffering painful stings. The tiny but ferocious ...

A study by the CDC is calling for the potentially deadly disease to be classified as an endemic in the U.S. And the bug that ...