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Invasive fire ants have been a thorn in the sides of Southerners for years. But another invasive species, the so-called "crazy" ant - that many describe as being worse - has arrived and is displacing fire ants in several places.

When it comes to the University of Texas, political party allegiance is no match for the ferocity of Longhorn loyalty.

It's not just birds and planes in the sky anymore -- drones are on the rise. But how much do we know about the flying machines? As the technology progresses, it appears that the aerial devices are also getting smarter.

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The distortion of the ancient shoreline and flooding surface of the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain are the direct result of fluctuations in topography in the region and could have implications on understanding long-term climate change, according to a new study.

All Saints' Episcopal School is launching a new program designed to better equip their top high school students for higher education and global citizenship.

Tawny crazy ants were first discovered in the U.S. in 2002 by a pest control operator in a suburb of Houston, and have since established populations in 21 counties in... AUSTIN, Texas - Invasive "crazy ants" are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

Every year since 2005, the North Pole has shifted several centimeters, and researchers have now attributed those rapid changes to climate change .

Richard Lovett of Nature Magazine writes, and researchers at the University of Texas, Austin suspect, that climate change has shifted the locations of Earth's North and South Poles, and increased melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and other ice losses worldwide, helping move the North Pole several centimeters east each year since 2005.

Coastal Bend College honored its graduates Friday with commencement ceremonies in both the morning and afternoon - dividing it out by degree type.

Dallas-based tech company Jericho Systems Corp. will work with the Health Information Technology program at the University of Texas at Austin in a national pilot program that explores ways to give patients control of their own health records.

RadioShack is courting the college market and has entered into a five-year agreement with NACSCORP, a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores.

The Texas House approved a bill Tuesday whose purpose, according to sponsor Rep.

After hearing testimony from faculty, students and law enforcement officers Tuesday, a panel of state senators passed along a bill allowing college students, faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on college and university campuses around the state.

Increased melting of the Greenland ice sheet and other ice losses worldwide have helped to move the North Pole several centimeters east each year since 2005 Global warming is changing the location of Earth's geographic poles, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters .

This past Sunday was Mother's Day. But for Asians everywhere, yesterday was Tiger Mother's Day, when kids whose handmade cards have been rejected as half-assed traditionally turn in second drafts, desperately hoping that this time, their craftsmanship will meet muster.

Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced its investment in Ultimate EOR Services, a provider of enhanced oil recovery solutions based on proprietary technologies developed within the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin .

People who are unhappy in their romantic relationship spend more time during a disagreement thinking about how angry and frustrated they are, but happy couples coordinate their thoughts so that when one partner has many emotional thoughts, the other has few, according to a new study recently published online in the National Communication ... (more)

The curriculum at Lindale Junior High School could be enhanced after it was selected to participate in a national program aimed at improving graduation rates and student success by improving teaching and learning methods at the middle school level.

The University of Texas at Austin is employing a high-tech tool to catch bike thieves.