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 ...

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 Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, is one of the most successful invasive species in the world, having colonized parts of five continents in addition to its native range in South America. A new ...

Southern California residents, having weathered fire, floods, riots, and a 6.7 earthquake in recent years, are now enduring—what else?—pestilence. The culprit is Linepithema humile, a tiny ant that ...

The Galapagos ant fauna and the attributes of colonizing ant species -- Distribution and impact of alien ants in vulnerable Hawaiian ecosystems -- Characteristics of tramp species -- Coexisiting ...