The much-maligned "flying ant day", a summer phenomenon in Britain and Ireland, is poised to return as warmer weather persists across the UK. Swarms of winged black garden ants, typically Lasius niger ...

Brits have been basking in the sunshine recently, with the UK recording some of the hottest temperatures of the year so far. But as lovely as hot weather can be, the heat tends to herald the arrival ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Boston area residents concerned about scores of flying ants shooting through the skies should know that while it is their mating season, there’s ways to have them stop being pests. Residents around ...

Taking to the skies for what is often referred to as their “nuptial flight,” a flying ant (AKA winged or swarming ant) is a reproducing member of the species, or what entomologists call an “alate.” A ...