Walter Tschinkel's passion for fire ants has been stoked by over thirty years of exploring the rhythm and drama of Solenopsis invicta's biology. Since South Ame

Sometime in the first half of the twentieth century, a coterie of fire ants came ashore from South American ships docked in Mobile, Alabama. Fanning out across

At one time, there were no red imported fire ants in the United States. In the 1930s, the insects got into the country by accident. The ants soon spread rapidly

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces fire ants to young readers through leveled text and relate

Engages & informs both nonprofessionals & specialists as the first study on the five economically important species of fire ants.