More than 60 years ago, the now-famous researcher Jane Goodall watched as chimpanzees used sticks to "fish" for termites inside the mounds where the insects live.

Termites have existed on Earth for an estimated 150 million years, so it's little wonder that they have spread to every landmass except Antarctica. Commonly confused with ants, they are actually more ...

If you do get termites in your home, they can be controlled. Here's what you need to know about how to get rid of termites ...

New termite colonies are founded on windless evenings, at dusk, after the rain. Most termites have neither eyes nor wings, but every mature colony has a caste of translucent-winged seeing creatures ...

Because they can be so destructive and persistent, it's important to treat termites with a solution that really works, and ...

A comprehensive family tree, based on DNA sequences, has revealed that drywood termites have made at least 40 oceanic journeys over the last 50 million years to reach far flung landmasses. Termites ...

How to get rid of termites: Due to moisture, termites often make their home on the edges of wooden doors. If they are not treated on time, it does not take much time for the door to become hollow.

“We think humans are the best designers, but this is not really true,” a researcher said. By JoAnna Klein In the capital of Zimbabwe, a building called Eastgate Centre holds nearly 350,000 square-feet ...

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If you were to design the strangest diet possible, eating nothing but ants and termites would probably make the shortlist. Yet over the past 66 million years, mammals across the globe have repeatedly ...