The Giant African Harvester Ant is among the prized by collectors around the world Kenya Wildlife Services display syringes used to carry live ants in court in March Dr Dino Martins has been visiting ...

The exotic pet market is a lucrative business. If a smuggler is successful, they could make hundreds, if not thousands, off the illegal pet trade. This is all too tempting for professional animal ...

Giant African harvester ants - seen here in Kenya - are popular with hobby collectors around the world The ants are flying in Kenya at the moment. During this rainy season, swarms can be seen leaving ...

You probably don't think rain has anything to do with the black market. In Kenya right now, it has everything to do with it. During the rainy seasons, which in Kenya typically run from March through ...

Police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier this month aimed not to bust elephant tusk or rhino horn poachers but a more esoteric ring trading a much smaller, more lucrative item by weight.

Kenyan ant expert Dino Martins gushes over the red and black insects that have become the centre of an international smuggling trade. Martins has been visiting the network of nests of these Giant ...

The ants are flying in Kenya at the moment. During this rainy season, swarms can be seen leaving the thousands of anthills in and around Gilgil, a quiet agricultural town in Kenya's Rift Valley that ...

The trade came to light in Kenya last year when two Belgian teenagers were arrested in possession of nearly 5,000 queen ants and accused of 'biopiracy' Kenyan ant expert Dino Martins gushes over the ...

The trade came to light in Kenya last year when two Belgian teenagers were arrested in possession of nearly 5,000 queen ants, and accused of 'biopiracy'. Entomologist Dr Dino Martins, holds a giant ...