"By the time water covers the mound and the tunnels are flooded, the ants have moved up and out of the nest, locking legs together and forming a floating mass of fire ants, called a raft," Dr. Robert ...

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

Atop the standard dangers of floodwaters - snakes, not being able to see any potential hazards, the force of rushing waters - North Carolina has given people another reason to avoid them: floating ...

AUSTIN — Just in case you needed another reason to stay out of flood waters, KVUE Reporter Pattrik Perez spotted a floating fire ant pile on Lake Travis. Here's another reason to avoid walking through ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. -- A group of fire ants was spotted braving floodwaters by banding together and creating a floating raft near Charleston, South Carolina. The ants apparently use their jaws, ...