Researchers in Mainz have discovered how a tapeworm parasite can extend the lifespan of ants. The parasite achieves this by making worker ants resemble queen ants, thereby manipulating their biology.

Kenyan authorities apprehended a Chinese national at Nairobi's international airport. He was found with over 2,000 live queen ants hidden in his luggage.

In Europe, there is a growing trend of people purchasing queen ants from Kenya to keep as companion animals.

A Chinese national has been arrested in Kenya's main airport, accused of attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 queen garden ants out of the country.

A Chinese man was arrested at Nairobi airport after over 2,000 queen ants of a black ant species were found in his suitcase, which he intended to smuggle out of Kenya.