Researchers thought colder temperatures and higher elevations could stop the march of invasive fire ants. Mother Nature had ...

From spiders to scorpions, some 1000 different invertebrate species are traded globally as pets. This is bad for biodiversity ...

05/14/2025 May 14, 2025. In Kenya, two ant smuggling cases recently made global headlines. It's part of a growing problem with biopiracy and the illicit trade in wild animals.

Valuable ant species. Some of the ants in the men's possession were giant African harvester ants (Messor cephalotes) which are valued at anywhere between around $100 to as much as $220 each.

Two teenagers have been sentenced after they were found with about 5,000 ants in their possession. While they claim it was an innocent hobby, Kenyan Wildlife officers say different.

Red Harvester Ant. Image via Unsplash. Horned lizards have highly specialized diets that set them apart from most other reptiles. Many species feed almost exclusively on harvester ants, ... New Mexico ...

The Maricopa harvester ant is among the most common ant species in Arizona. But it also lives in parts of Mexico and most of the southwest U.S., including Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada ...

The Maricopa harvester ant is among the most common ant species in Arizona. But it also lives in parts of Mexico and most of the southwest U.S., including Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, ...

Ants are at the centre of a new crime ring threatening Europe: ‘It’s like cocaine’ The seized haul would have been worth as much as $1 million if it had reached European shores Hereward Holland ...

The compounds are believed to originate from the lizard’s primary diet of harvester ants, which contain alkaloids and other defensive chemicals. When a predator like a coyote tastes this foul blood, .

They, along with a Vietnamese man and a Kenyan national also accused of ant trafficking, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on May 7, a magistrate said on Wednesday. Kenyan prosecutors have valued ...

Four people have pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle Giant African Harvester ants out of Kenya. Over 5,000 queen ants were found concealed, which could have been worth more than $1 million had ...