An international team of scientists says all-female termite colonies from Japan are the result of accidental hybridization, and that their highly robust nature makes them an ecological threat. A new ...

Whether your home is littered with bug wings or you've spotted a few, the situation requires investigation. What you do ...

A swarm is the colony’s way of getting termites to disperse to start their own colony,” says Eric Benson, PhD, professor ...

Back in 2018, scientists discovered all-female termite colonies in Japan. It was a confounding find for the researchers, as, unlike species that live in same-sex colonies but require a male for ...

Researchers from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with colleagues from the Faculty of Tropical AgriScience of the Czech University ...

Scientists estimate that the total weight of the world’s termites is greater than the weight of all humans combined, a scale that helps explain how such small creatures can reshape entire lands. Their ...

Prevention is your best bet when it comes to these pests.

Termites, found on every continent except Antarctica, are often referred to as "silent destroyers." These small, social insects live in colonies and spend their lives primarily in search of ...

In termite colonies, the queen is normally sustained and groomed by workers, but under certain conditions this behavior can ...

Spring doesn’t just wake up flowers and fruit trees. It wakes up termites too. As soon as soil temperatures begin to rise and spring rains soak the ground, subterranean termites shift into high gear.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Bay Area residents are reporting swarms of termites around their properties after the first rainfall of the season. A University of California Entomologist explains when you ...

It’s swarming season, and termites are everywhere. Termites swarming around bright lights at night is a sight we’ll start to ...