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 the ...

The man was found with a large consignment of live ants in his luggage bound for China in March A Chinese national has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to smuggle thousands of live ...

Some ants were recovered in test tubes while others were concealed in tissue paper rolls A Chinese national has been arrested in Kenya's main airport accused of attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 ...

Kenyan authorities say they've busted an alleged repeat player in a booming niche wildlife trade: live queen ants. Officials at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport arrested 27-year-old ...

Court cases in Kenya point to a growing market for ants as exotic pets in Asia and Europe that has implications for conservation and biosecurity ...