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 ...

Termite mounds. They may look like just a big pile of well-structured dirt but they are actually marvels of architecture and fill an unexpectedly important function in the ecosystems in which they ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS — The swarm has arrived. There are millions of six-legged, winged residents we all wish would keep their social distance. Formosan subterranean termites began swarming the New Orleans area ...

In 1937, the naturalist Eugene Marais wrote in The Soul of the White Ant, “I must admit that intelligence and thoughtfulness, as we humans understand these qualities, never entered my mind in ...