Alright, let’s talk about Borax. You might know it as that mysterious white powder in your laundry room, but it’s got way more tricks up its sleeve than just freshening up clothes. If you haven’t ...

The most comprehensive dataset of termite genomes to date was created by an international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The team ...

President Trump’s recent commercials for Trump wristwatches have caught my attention. In one commercial, three watches are shown, one with a red face between the other two. All three have the name ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots might be able to give you some decent tips on how to get rid of termites, ants, and other pesky creatures, but at the end of the day, it’s probably best to call a ...

Some species of termites are known to cultivate their own crops of fungus within their nests, similar to the way humans maintain farms to feed people. One such species is Odontotermes obesus, which ...

Described by researchers as one of the most serious wood-destroying pests in the world, subterranean termites cause an estimated $32 billion in damage globally per year, and California is a ...

If you were to design the strangest diet possible, eating nothing but ants and termites would probably make the shortlist. Yet over the past 66 million years, mammals across the globe have repeatedly ...

Formosan termites (Coptotermes formosanus) are among two invasive termite species that are interbreeding in South Florida. Scott Bauer / USDA Two invasive termite species are chewing their way across ...

Florida’s newest termite is two for the price of one, but nobody’s celebrating. Two species of globally invasive, timber-chewing insects are interbreeding there, creating hybrid colonies that could ...

Scientists have confirmed that two invasive termite species are interbreeding, creating a destructive new hybrid that could spread across the U.S. Reading time 2 minutes A termite horror story a ...

Two invasive, house-destroying species of termites are now cross-breeding in South Florida. Researchers found the aggressive Formosa and Asian subterranean termites have begun mingling and mating ...