The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world. Droves of ants spray formic acid produced by a venom gland at ...

While evacuation orders remained in place for areas around the immediate perimeter of the fire, other nearby neighborhoods were reduced from evacuation orders to warnings, while warnings were ...

The fire was being fanned by strong, dry Santa Ana winds that were racing through the area, pushing a vast pall of smoke and dangerous embers ahead of the flames -- sparking fears that it could ...

The Hughes Fire has burned more than 9,000 acres Wednesday around the Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County on Wednesday continuing a devastating wave of Southern California wildfires fueled by dry ...

Video released by the National Fire Ant Eradication Program shows how quickly the world's worst invasive pests swarm to protect their nests. House painter Joel Booker was lucky not to have been ...

Firefighters continue to make progress in containing the massive Hughes Fire that broke out Wednesday near Castaic Lake, growing to more than 10,000 acres and forcing mass evacuations. Around ...

Deadly fire ants have breached the Sunshine Coast biosecurity zone, with six nests found at a building site, prompting calls for more federal funding to thwart the pests’ march across the state.

“Headlock” appears on this week’s Hot 100, charting right at Number 100. This marks Heap’s first-ever entry on the Hot 100. Even though Heap herself has never had a solo hit on the ...

The fire that killed 78 people at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the early hours of Monday is one of the deadliest disasters of its kind in Turkish history. Some survivors have said they did not hear ...

The Manawatū-Whanganui Coastal Zone has moved to a restricted fire season with the weather creating a heightened risk of fire. Photo / Bevan Conley Ongoing hot, dry conditions have led to a ...

A fire raged through a 12-storey hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people. At least 51 people were injured in the fire at the Grand ...