Invasive ants are a bigger threat than we thought
In Brisbane, Australia, in 2001, a telecommunications worker was sent to hospital with a badly burning insect bite. The red fire ant, native to South America and known for its venom, aggressiveness and ability to inflict agricultural damage, had arrived, setting off the alarm. Fighting its invasion was, the scientists later wrote, “a war we …
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