Impactscommons.wikimedia.org The ants go rafting: Invasive fire ants take to Australian flood waters to colonise new areas Invasive fire ants have used recent flooding in Queensland to expand their Australian invasion, teaming up and forming floating rafts with their bodies to allow them to survive for weeks at a time.
Impacts www.nola.com Flooding, rising seas may make Louisiana's fire ants 'bigger, meaner' and their bites nastier Sea level rise and flooding are making fire ants bigger and meaner, and their bite a whole lot worse.
Newsletter How climate change is fueling Virginia’s fire ant invasion A warming climate has opened the door for fire ants — normally living in more southerly areas — to gain a stubborn foothold in the state,
Impacts www.wired.com One species loves our climate-wrecking ways: Fire ants! These stinging insects love natural disasters, human landscaping, and the warming conditions brought by climate change. At least someone's happy.
