CNN) — The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring hospital treatment since the beginning of March, according to ...

(CNN) — The number of people stung by red fire ants in Australia has increased significantly in past weeks, with 23 people requiring hospital treatment since the beginning of March, according to ...

An editor's note was issued on 22/10/2025 which appears below. The University of Queensland has defended its academics who have pushed conspiracy theories and misinformation around fire ant treatments ...

Southern Cross University is providing research funding to a conspiracy theorist who has wrongly claimed fire ant bait causes ADHD, autism and low fertility in humans. The university has confirmed it ...