Australian Lawmakers Probe Impact of Fire Ants

FILE - Fire ants are shown clinging together in the floodwaters of Vicksburg, Miss., March 13, 2018. Australian officials are examining the potential impact of invasive fire ants, which were first found Brisbane, Australia, in 2001.

A federal parliamentary in Australia is examining the threat from invasive fire ants, which can kill people and livestock and potentially pose more of a danger to Australia than rabbits, cane toads, foxes, camels, wild dogs and feral cats combined.