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 ...

In this undated photo provided to the Associated Press by Stellenbosch University researcher, Michele Francis, right, and other researchers, pose for a selfie, next to an ancient termite mound in ...

Yowie hunters are in a frenzy after discovering a pile of poo on a termite mound they believe is evidence of the supernatural Australian beast. A member of the Tablelands Yowie Sightings Facebook ...

Many people picture city building as something only humans do, but termites offer a surprising comparison. Scientists ...

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You’ve likely heard the phrase “it takes a village to raise a child”, but how many termites does it take to build a termite mound? These insects are more than simple pests plaguing homeowners; they ...

The mound the termites abandoned might not look much of a threat, but to a dung beetle, it’s a mountain whose slopes are covered with pitfall traps. A dung beetle is a walnut-sized package of ...

Hunter King, a postdoctoral fellow in applied mathematics, and Samuel A. Ocko, an associate in applied mathematics and a graduate student in the MIT physics department, discovered the key to ...

Looking to nature can often provide inspiration, especially in construction. Researchers have studied how wind travels through the complex internal structure of a termite mound in hopes that it will ...

An unlucky impala met a gruesome end after wandering to close to a termite mound where three cheetahs were lying in wait. MalaMala Game Reserve ranger Michael Tilley, 25, captured the footage while ...