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 ...

Here's something that will send a shiver up the spine of anyone who has battled termites—meaning just about every homeowner in Florida. Termites get hungrier as temperatures get hotter, according to a ...

Termites are a type of cockroach that split from other cockroaches around 150 million years ago and evolved to live socially in colonies. Today, there are many different kinds of termites. Some form ...

A new study has mapped out the natural history of drywood termites—the second largest family of termites. Drywood termites form small colonies primarily in wood and are generally thought of as ...

A comprehensive family tree, based on DNA sequences, has revealed that drywood termites have made at least 40 oceanic journeys over the last 50 million years to reach far flung landmasses. Termites ...