Termites are the architects of the natural world. The nests that they build can reach metres of height, with complex and elaborate structures, galleries that ensure efficient communication and that ...

The termite might be an unlikely symbol of the commonwealth relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S., but for Charles Juhasz- Alvarado—a sculptor who lives in San Juan—the insect has become a ...

I called Brian Goldman, head honcho at Big Blue Bug Solutions, and said, “What’s this I hear about a guy flying from London to Rhode Island to try to get the termite into the Guinness Book of World ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — It was a special honor for the woman who named the Big Blue Bug. Eighty-seven-year-old Geraldine Perry of Tiverton got to flip the switch Monday night to light the giant ...

PALMEIRAS, Brazil — Roy Funch, an American botanist who has lived and worked in Brazil’s hardscrabble northeast for decades, long looked at huge cone-shaped mounds of mud in the distance and wondered.