This army is in formation. Thousands of fire ants have been spotted floating on floodwaters through the Texas city and forming rafts using their bodies with residents now reporting the gross behavior.

Red fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland, with the extreme weather threatening a countrywide spread of the highly invasive species. ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Invasive Species Council (ISC) has raised concerns about this unusual rafting behaviour as Australia prepares for more ...

Fire ants can intertwine their bodies to form a raft-like structure – and we now know these rafts have unusual properties that are difficult to replicate in conventional materials. Studying them may ...

Fire and water do not normally mix. But when it comes to these imported fire ants, water is not a problem. In this extraordinary YouTube clip, we get to see. A colony of fire ants is dealing very ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – It might sound unbelievable, but residents of Texas’ capital are reporting fire ants floating on floodwaters, forming living rafts out of their own bodies. On Wednesday morning, one ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

No creature embodies the idea that "it takes a village" quite like ants. Using chemical signals and other ephemeral communication methods like antennal codes, ants can work together to build or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red fire ants are forming rafts to travel on flood waters in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland, with the extreme ...