Australia is being warned it can't afford to lose the battle against fire ants, as one of the world's worst invasive pests affects agriculture, wildlife, tourism and even kids' sport.

LONDON/NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) - U.S. sanctions are dismantling what remains of Lukoil's (LKOH.MM), opens new tab Litasco, once Russia's biggest oil trader and a rival to top Swiss houses and oil ...

Out of the five peaks studied in Washington — Rainier, Liberty Cap, Colfax Peak, East Fury and Eldorado Peak — only Colfax and Liberty Cap now maintain a year-round layer of ice and snow. Researchers ...

Ant Anstead is his girlfriend Renée Zellweger’s biggest cheerleader. The “Wheeler Dealers” alum took to Instagram over the weekend to praise the actress for receiving a statue in London in honor of ...

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on their own mother. By Rebecca Dzombak Rebecca Dzombak previously reported on ...

Scientists say they have for the first time unlocked how a parasitic ant uses chemical warfare to take over the nest of a different species, by tricking workers into an unlikely assassination. The ...