A Chinese national has been arrested in Kenya after authorities discovered more than 2,000 live queen ants hidden inside his luggage at Nairobi’s main international airport. The unusual wildlife ...

It’s good to be the queen—the ant queen, that is—because mating does wonders for her immune system.

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 ...

Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing their queen mother. The invading ant integrates herself into the nest by ...