An estimated quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) ants inhabit the planet. Messor cephalotes, the ants at the heart of the trial at JKIA court, star in this trade. According to Antrus.com ...

Authorities discovered the Messor Cephalotes species, destined for Europe and Asia, raising concerns about ecological damage and biodiversity loss. The pair, appearing visibly distressed in court ...

The KWS said authorities had intercepted live queen ants, including from the sought-after Messor Cephalotes species also known as the Giant African Harvester Ant, concealed in modified test tubes ...

The species they were collecting, the Messor cephalotes native to Kenya, is the largest harvester ant in the world. Two other men, Dennis N’gang’a of Kenya, and Duh Hung Nguyen, a Vietnamese ...

Kenyan officials have successfully busted a major wildlife trafficking scheme that involved the attempted illegal transport of around 5,000 live queen ants, which includes the uncommon Messor ...

The 19-year-old Belgian suspects were caught with 5,000 live ants, including queens and sought-after Giant African Harvester Ants (messor cephalotes), concealed inside modified test tubes ...

The ants in question are the sought-after Messor Cephalotes species also known as the Giant African Harvester Ant. Kenyan authorities, which valued the ants at 1 million shillings ($7,700 ...

Messor cephalotes —a “highly sought-after” species — were among the ants recovered, the agency added. The insects, also known as the giant African harvester ant, “are prized by ...

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 ...