In Kenya, two ant smuggling cases recently made global headlines. It's part of a growing problem with biopiracy and the ...

The Maricopa harvester ant, native to Arizona and the southwest U.S., holds the world record for most toxic insect venom. Although its venom is potent, the ant is relatively docile and stings are ...

A Kenyan court fined four men $7,700 each for attempting to smuggle thousands of giant African harvester queen ants. This lesser-known form of biopiracy could threaten Kenya's ecosystem. The case ...

also known as the Giant African Harvester Ant. During the court proceedings, the accused pleaded guilty and claimed they were unaware that collecting the ants for hobby purposes was illegal.

Kenyan prosecutors have valued the seizures of queens taken from giant African harvester ant colonies at about 1.2 million Kenyan shillings ($9,300). Depending on the number and variety of each ...

Kenyan police nab Belgian teens for trafficking queen ants from giant African harvester species Seized queen ants valued at $9,300 locally but could have fetched $1 million in Europe Ant smuggling ...

large and rose-coloured harvester ant native to East Africa. The teenagers' lawyer would later claim they had been collecting the ants as a hobby, but the Kenya Wildlife Service charged them with ...