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The reason termites lick their own queens to death
Termites are some of the oldest insects on Earth, with fossils dating back around 130 million years to the Early Cretaceous ...
A new study published in the journal Soil Ecology Letters, shows the importance of old termite mounds as habitats for a wide range of insects and other invertebrates in the Bornean tropical rainforest ...
An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-developed method to safely and reliably mark termites and other insects over vast acreage so their movements can be tracked is just as effective as the previous ...
All species of termites are social insects, like ants. Entomologists have listed over 2000 species across the world and more than one-third of them live in Africa. This continent harbors 160 from the ...
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How termite architecture is teaching engineers ventilation and cooling design they never imagined
The mound that outperforms your air conditioner Macrotermes michaelseni, a termite species common across sub-Saharan Africa, ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A termite's own biology with help from microorganisms called protists, are keys to the insect's digestion of woody material, according to a Purdue University scientist. Michael ...
From mosquitoes to termites, these summer pests can cause serious damage. Learn the warning signs and affordable ways to keep ...
New termite colonies are founded on windless evenings, at dusk, after the rain. Most termites have neither eyes nor wings, but every mature colony has a caste of translucent-winged seeing creatures ...
A new study by Dr Tom M. Fayle of Queen Mary University of London, Dr Kalsum M. Yusah of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Dr Jiri Tuma of the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech ...
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