Keeping an ant farm is a fantastic way to observe nature in all her glory. Ants are captivating, busy little creatures and ...

Two Belgian teenagers, David Lornoy and Seppe Lodewijckx admitted in court that they attempted to traffic thousands of queen ...

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

If you’re looking for a unique, low-maintenance pet, an insect may be a good match. Keeping bugs at home doesn’t appeal to ...

Four smugglers caught trying to transport thousands of live ants out of Kenya for sale on exotic pet markets in Europe and ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s good to be the queen—the ant queen, that is—because mating does wonders for her immune system. When exposure ...

Four wildlife traffickers face sentencing in Kenya after being caught smuggling 5,000 rare queen ants. The species, native to ...

Kenyan officials have seized thousands of rare queen ants in a smuggling attempt aimed at supplying the exotic pet market ...