Termites benefit the environment by breaking down wood debris, but they can cause severe damage to homes. Swarmers, bubbling ...

"Give it time." Scientists issue stark warning after harmful creatures breed to form hybrid species: 'We have confirmed the ...

As of 2010, termite pests were responsible for about $40 billion in damages globally every year, with around 80 per cent of that cost coming from subterranean termites like Coptotermes. The ...

How To Identify Termites Vs. Ants Termites have straight bodies with broad waists, as well as straight antennae. Termite swarmers are brown or black and have four wings of roughly equal size; they ...

Termite nest plasticity influenced by the colonization of flood-prone areas has also been documented in Australia. Amitermes laurensis (Mjöberg, 1920), A. vitiosus (Hill, 1935) and A. meridionalis ...

Two of the most destructive invasive termite species are interbreeding in the US – they can survive a wider range of temperatures and could easily spread across the globe ...

Every year, the subterranean Formosan termites flock to outdoor evening lights on warm nights and gnaw through wood on scores ...

Drywood termites and subterranean termites require very different treatments. “You may use the wrong approach if you have the wrong ID to start with,” he cautions.

A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide ...

The University of Florida has confirmed that a new hybrid of termites, from the Asian subterranean and Formosan termites, are spreading in the state. Researchers say the fusion of these two termites ...