Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Four ant smugglers will be sentenced after pleading guilty to charges of illegal possession and trafficking of live ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samples of garden ants concealed in syringes are presented to court as two Belgian nationals, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan national ...

Spot an ant colony, and you’ll likely hop, skip, or jump to avoid their bites. Deemed useless pests, ants are often ignored or squashed. Yet, a delightful surprise awaits: ants boast a lucrative ...

A Chinese national was arrested at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport carrying 5,000 giant queen ants - Messor cephalotes, a species prized in the exotic pet trade at $220 per ant. The ants ...

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 ...

The toy ant farms from your childhood are still around, but they've evolved – and many are being stocked with exotic ants being trafficked on the black market, including Messor cephalotes, a species ...

Kenyan prosecutors have charged two Belgian teenagers and two other men with wildlife trafficking after authorities intercepted a large haul of live ants intended for exotic pet markets in Europe and ...

NAIROBI — Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya were given a choice of paying a fine of $7,700 or serving 12 months in prison — the minimum penalty for the offense — for violating ...

Two Belgian teenagers who were caught with 5,000 ants in Kenya were handed a $7,700 fine or given the option to serve 12 months in prison, the maximum sentence for the offence, after being found ...

NAIROBI, April 15 (Reuters) - Four smugglers caught trying to transport thousands of live ants out of Kenya for sale on exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia will be sentenced for trafficking wildlife ...