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 ...

Three members of an all-female termite colony, along with cloned offspring. Photo: The University of Sydney An international team of scientists says all-female termite colonies from Japan are the ...

According to one pest control company, one in every three Arizona homes has or will have termites at some point.

Even after an insecticide bait weakens Formosan subterranean termites, a neighboring colony will invade the same area and meet the identical lethal fate, new research shows. The research finding is ...

Reports of termites are on the rise and becoming a nuisance for many Florida homeowners. Families across Escambia and Santa Rosa counties this week reported a sudden uptick in visible termite swarming ...

Termite queens form an essential part of the colony by sustaining them. They lay over 30,000 eggs a day, and without them, ...

Termites are quite possibly the most destructive of all pests, causing billions of dollars in damage to homes in the United States every year. They eat the cellulose found in wood, causing enormous ...

Termites are among the world's most destructive pests, causing more than a billion dollars in damage each year in the U.S. alone. Scientists in Florida have tracked the development of a new hybrid ...

New research on dampwood termites (Zootermopsis angusticollis and A. nevdensis) shows select members of the colony will experience brain changes in anticipation of cognitive demand. In a dampwood ...

Altruism might have evolved for fairly selfish reasons, at least in insects. When a warring termite colony loses its king and queen — the only members capable of reproduction — then its survivors ...

HOUSTON — Swarms of winged bugs are invading Houston-area neighborhoods from Fifth Ward to the suburb of Baytown, Texas. The insects are an aggressive species called Formosan termites, and pest ...