Termites are one of the most financially devastating insects. The significant damage they cause to homes and outdoor ...

A growing body of experimental evidence shows that common termiticides do not simply poison individual termites but fundamentally alter the chemical signals colonies rely on to manage disease, ...

An international team of scientists says all-female termite colonies from Japan are the result of accidental hybridization, and that their highly robust nature makes them an ecological threat. A new ...

Back in 2018, scientists discovered all-female termite colonies in Japan. It was a confounding find for the researchers, as, unlike species that live in same-sex colonies but require a male for ...

Researchers from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with colleagues from the Faculty of Tropical AgriScience of the Czech University ...

Scientists confirm that two of the world's most destructive invasive termite species are not only spreading in the United States but also hybridizing—the process of two different species crossbreeding ...

Researchers say two invasive termites are spreading faster than expected as boats unknowingly carry colonies between marinas and inland waterways.

Mulch doesn't necessarily attract termites; they need high humidity and moisture to survive, and mulch is generally on the ...

BATON ROUGE, La., Mar. 31, 2026 / PRZen / With Spring in full bloom and warmer weather in place, J&J Exterminating ...

Spring doesn’t just wake up flowers and fruit trees. It wakes up termites too. As soon as soil temperatures begin to rise and spring rains soak the ground, subterranean termites shift into high gear.

For Zach DeVries, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at the University of Kentucky who works with its Cooperative Extension Service, this is the time of year he gets the most calls about ...

Liss Fenwick’s photobook The Colony, available through Perimeter Editions, is a book about books – and what happens when their authority is quietly and actively undone ...