A native species of carpenter ants is showing behaviour that looks a lot like basic surgery. These ants can actually amputate a fellow ant’s injured leg when needed, and it works. Unlike most ...

The men, including two Belgian teenagers, pleaded guilty to smuggling thousands of live queen ants, which the Kenyan authorities said were destined for markets in Europe and Asia. By Ali Watkins ...

Two Belgian teenagers were charged Tuesday with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking ...

Most species of ants in the house are only nuisances and, except for carpenter ants, do not damage wood. To distinguish the two, look at the wings. The four termite wings are equal in length and ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Two Belgian teenagers were charged Tuesday with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a ...

Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, two 19-year-olds who were arrested on April 5 with 5,000 ants at a guest house, appeared distraught during their appearance before a magistrate in Nairobi and ...

Belgian nationals Lornoy David, left, and Seppe Lodewijckx, right, who admitted to charges related to the illegal possession and trafficking of live queen ants to sell as exotic pets, appear at ...

In two separate but related incidents, Kenyan authorities have arrested four suspects for illegally possessing and attempting to smuggle some 5,300 ants valued at about 1.2 million Kenyan ...

In Kenya, two Belgian teenagers and two others face charges for smuggling thousands of ants, highlighting a disturbing shift in wildlife trafficking. Authorities discovered the Messor Cephalotes ...

Office of The Director Of Public Prosecutions/X Two Belgian teenagers admitted in court that they attempted to traffic thousands of queen ants to supply the growing international exotic pet market.

Kenyan authorities, which valued the ants at 1 million shillings ($7,700, €6,819), said the tubes were modified to help the ants survive for up to two months and evade airport security.

Two 19-year-old Belgian nationals were charged in a Nairobi court on Tuesday with wildlife piracy after they were caught with thousands of ants, marking a rare case of trafficking involving ...