Two Belgian teenagers were charged Tuesday with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test ...

The men, including two Belgian teenagers, pleaded guilty to smuggling thousands of live queen ants, which the Kenyan ...

large and red-colored harvester ant native to East Africa. The illegal export of the ants “not only undermines Kenya’s sovereign rights over its biodiversity but also deprives local ...

Two Belgian teens face wildlife piracy charges in Kenya after being caught with 5,000 ants in test tubes, highlighting a rise in insect trafficking.

Four people including two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with trafficking thousands of live ants in what the ...

The prices for ants can vary greatly according to the species and the market. Philip Muruthi, a vice president for conservation at the Africa Wildlife Foundation in Nairobi, said ants play the ...

The seized ants – valued at around 1 million Kenyan shillings, or about $7,800 – included queens of Messor Cephalotes, a species native to East Africa. Some ant species, especially queens ...