New weapon turns fire ants into headless zombies

Researchers in Texas are trying an unusual approach to combat fire ants — deploying parasitic flies that turn the pesky and economically costly insects into zombies whose heads fall off.

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Kudzu & Fire Ants

There are few words in the southern dialect which raise the hairs on ones neck like kudzu or fire ants. Having had survived the both of them I feel qualified to tell this tale.

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A recently released legal memo describing interrogation techniques showed that Bush Administration lawyers had approved the use of "insects" in interrogations.

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It's one of those painful summer memories: fire ants swarm all over your feet, stinging you like crazy. But scientists are now fighting back against fire ants -- by turning them into zombies.

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Penn State Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Langkilde has shown that native fence lizards in the southeastern United States are adapting to potentially fatal invasive fire-ant attacks by developing behaviors that enable them to escape from the ants, as well as by developing l …

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A "caregiver" for the elderly was given probation and 400 hours of community service for leaving a disabled elderly man lying in the yard on a bed of fire ants.

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If humans didn't make it so easy for them, invasive fire ants wouldn't invade.

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The invasive fire ant wreaks havoc on humans and animals around the world – and can even kill. Find out what scientists are doing to stop this deadly invasive species. Includes stunning video.

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The worst drought in 100 years hasn't been all bad news, the dry weather has resulted in fire ant popula­tions in some parts of the state taking a hit.

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Red imported fire ants may be killing as many as a fifth of baby song birds before they leave the nest, according to research recently completed at Texas A&M University.

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