A Massachusetts man said the sting of an Asian needle ant left him feeling sick. The invasive insect has been spreading across the U.S., and experts say their venomous sting can potentially be deadly.

Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly terminated a business practice by a pest control company in a settlement announced yesterday. Terminix, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., agreed to pay ...

There’s a certain hierarchy of pests in New York City. Rats might be taking over the city and roaches are perennially gross, but when the warm weather rolls in, ants have their moment. The home ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Old-school exterminators impressed gullible customers with “rat kings”: captured rodents tied by their tails to ...