What kind of ants are most common in the Somerville area? Are any of them fire ants?” I’m glad you asked. There's a lot to ...

Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison — the ...

Two Belgian teenagers were charged Tuesday with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test ...

AP The Kenya Wildlife Service said the four men were involved in trafficking the ants to markets in Europe and Asia, and that the species included messor cephalotes, a distinctive, large and red ...

Teenagers were trafficking rare East African ants, including Messor cephalotes, a large red harvester species, for markets in ...

The seized species include Messor cephalotes, a large red harvester ant native to East Africa. Queens of the species grow to about 20-24mm long. According to Ants R Us, an ant sales website ...

This makes them able to spread across large areas to invade various ecosystems. Red and black imported fire ants originated in South America. In the 1930s, they were accidentally introduced into ...