{
  "id": 12297644,
  "title": "In the 1990s, tiny fire ants hitched a ride to Hawaii on nursery plants and built supercolonies that can threaten native animals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/in-the-1990s-tiny-fire-ants-hitched-a-ride-to-hawaii-on-nursery",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T03:50:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/in-the-1990s-tiny-fire-ants-hitched-a-ride-to-hawaii-on-nursery-plants-and-built-supercolonies-that-can-threaten-native-animals-101791187391227.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A tiny stinging ant hitched a ride to Hawaii on nursery plants. Its connected nests act like one supercolony, but the harm to native wildlife is unclear.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}