ant

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When finished, the harvester ant would shake the smaller ants off, sometimes so forcefully that she flipped onto her back before quickly moving away.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

I was sitting on a fire ant hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"The reality is that no ant species is currently listed under Cites," Sérgio Henriques, a researcher into the global ant trade, told the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Duncan Juma, a senior KWS official, told the BBC that more arrests were expected as investigators widen their probe into other Kenyan towns where ant harvesting was suspected to be ongoing.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The information lady looks at the numbers and words written like ant trails on the back of my card.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na