Termites -- infamous for their ability to destroy wood -- are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly replanted. But a new paper suggests that termite transplants may be ...

Despite their important ecological role as decomposers, termites are often overlooked in research. Evolutionary biologists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) ...

Scientists recently found the planet’s longest continuously occupied termite colony in an arid region of South Africa. It dates to the time of the Neanderthals. By Franz Lidz Last month, Michele ...

Termites are highly organised eusocial insects whose ecological and economic impact spans natural ecosystems and urban landscapes. They exhibit complex social structures, including specialised castes ...

One of the field sites was in an old growth forest in Australia’s Daintree Rainforest, at the James Cook University Observatory. Termites — infamous for their ability to destroy wood — are rarely ...

The Termitidae make up around 80% of termite species and are important as decomposers. This is because, unlike in other families, many Termitidae have shifted their food source from wood to soil and ...