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Two Belgian teens, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan, have admitted to smuggling at least 5300 garden ants (siafu) worth Sh 1.2 million.

In the forest canopies of equatorial Africa and Asia, weaver ants construct spectacular swaglike nests of leaves stitched together with silken threads extracted from the colony’s larval ranks.

He explained that he had to import Thai ants because the Singapore weaver ants have ascorbic acid -- Vitamin C -- which give them a sour taste. That went well with the yoghurt and rum, but he ...

While many ant species demonstrate impressive strength, the Asian Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) and the Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) are often cited as among the strongest relative to their ...

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Close-up view of weaver ants working together on a tree branch in nature. Photo by Poranimm Athithawatthee Ants have developed an elaborate language of chemical signals that serves as their primary ...