Two Belgian teens caught with 5,000 rare ants in Kenya were sentenced to 12 months in prison or a fine of $7,700.
![Belgian nationals Lornoy David, center, and Seppe Lodewijckx, right, walk out of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya on May 7, 2025. [Brian Inganga/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-1746641950.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Pollution has cut the amphibian’s numbers by 99.5 percent, but scientists believe Mexico’s cultural icon could return.
![An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) swims in an aquarium at the new Axolotl Museum and Amphibians Conservation Centre, which is to promote the protection and study of this endangered species, at Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, Mexico. [File: Henry Romero/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2023-01-26T160127Z_145070581_RC2SXY9KSEXN_RTRMADP_3_MEXICO-AXOLOTL-1746093221.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Israel’s firefighting service said 163 ground crews and 12 aircraft were working to contain the flames.
Four wildlife traffickers face sentencing in Kenya after being caught smuggling 5,000 rare queen ants.
![Samples of garden ants concealed in syringes are presented to court as two Belgian nationals, a Vietnamese and a Kenyan national appeared for the hearing of their case, after they pleaded guilty to illegal possession and trafficking of garden ants, at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Law Courts, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 15, 2025. [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image-1744749746.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Their DNA is very close to that of the grey wolf. Here is all we know about Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, the pups.
Firefighters are struggling to contain the wildfires, which continue to grow rapidly in size, fuelled by strong winds.
In the Galicia region, wild horses help protect ecosystems and support biodiversity – but their numbers are declining.
Search for missing surfer now a recovery operation after evidence of bite marks found on surf board.
Officials have ruled out Ebola or Marburg virus, but say those infected are presenting symptoms of a ‘hemorrhagic fever’
Annual conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year resumes in Rome with nations sparring over money.
From 2020-2024, fish production dropped 20% in the world’s longest freshwater lake serving Tanzania and its neighbours.
Conservation groups in China’s Sichuan province brought dozens of panda cubs together to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
A bright pink powder has coated homes and hillsides around Los Angeles during the devastating wildfires. What is it?
These were the updates for Tuesday, January 14, 2024, as fires continue to rage in the Los Angeles area in California.
