At first the 15-foot by 4-foot plexiglass case looks like a massive piece of art — an abstract of a river delta or the veins of a leaf. But then you see tiny pale things scuttling, moving their way ...
Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations can give us clues to the order in which species diverge. However, even ...
The new tree of life of termite families and subfamilies. Each branching indicates a split between families and subfamilies from their last common ancestor. Red branches are subfamilies that were all ...
A new study has mapped out the natural history of drywood termites—the second largest family of termites. Drywood termites form small colonies primarily in wood and are generally thought of as ...
The six-legged termites didn’t look menacing as they crawled on a tree outside the Fishing Hall of Fame in Dania Beach. But each insect, barely the size of a grain of rice, can do more damage than any ...
According to one pest control company, one in every three Arizona homes has or will have termites at some point.
Neither termites nor tree roots will keep the Spring Creek County Historical Association from preserving pieces of Tomball history, some dating back to the 1800s. The association, which runs Tomball ...
A species of invasive super termites is taking their voracious appetite from dead wood and timber to South Florida’s live trees, hollowing out decades-old canopies and making them vulnerable to high ...
Termites are underground pests that feed on wood. Damage may take three to eight years to become serious since termites eat wood from the inside out. (Photo Credit: Chaiyon021/Dreamstime) Termites are ...
Researchers have completed a comprehensive analysis of the head width of over 1500 modern and fossilized species of termites and determined that their size isn't shrinking at a geological timescale.
Just as many ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites, so too does the study of termites require a solid foundation. And now, a new system for termite classification has been created ...
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