The life of a scientist requires mastering all sorts of unusual skills. For my doctoral project I learned how to handle piglets. Their intelligence and cheeky playfulness made them both a joy and ...

The termite has aimed it at the ant, and it will land kind of like a lasso, constricting the ant so it can't move. Sponsor Message. Now comes the "after" picture.

A single termite species is responsible for the massive network of tunnels that excavated enough soil to build 4,000 great pyramids of Giza, Stephen Martin of the University of Salford in the U.K ...

The intestines of many termite species, which feed on the decomposition of hard-to-digest wood components, are packed with numerous unicellular helpers, so-called flagellates. These in turn are ...

It's termite swarming season in South Florida 03:17. MIAMI - It is termite swarming season in South Florida. The time of year when it is most common to see termites flying around homes ...

Support for Nature: The Elephant and the Termite was provided by the Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation. Series funding for Nature is also made possible in part by the Arnhold Family in memory ...

Termite mushroom only grows in the red earth of the southwestern and southeastern parts of China. It is usually found springing out of the top of termite hills during the rainy season from July to ...

Researchers have discovered a gigantic complex of 200 million termite mounds in northeastern Brazil, which may be up to 4,000 years old and covers an area about the size of Great Britain.

Scientists recently found the planet’s longest continuously occupied termite colony in an arid region of South Africa. It dates to the time of the Neanderthals. By Franz Lidz Last month, Michele ...