Beneath the rocky soil of Morocco, researchers have uncovered a surprising intruder living undetected inside termite colonies. Few outsiders gain acceptance in termite society, but a species of ...

Learn more about termite evolution and how shedding key genes from their cockroach ancestors helped them build more complex ...

An international team led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) has discovered fly larvae that infiltrate termite nests by mimicking their features and smell Published in Current Biology, the ...

Researchers traced termite DNA back to cockroach ancestors and found genetic loss played a key role in building social ...

Termite season typically begins in spring, but according to pest control experts at Terminix, Mount Holly and other South Jersey towns have already seen some activity. In a news release, Terminix said ...

Odontotermes obesus is one of the termite species that grows fungi, called Termitomyces, in their mounds. Workers collect dead leaves, wood, and grass to stack them in underground fungus gardens ...