In their natural habitat outdoors, termites and carpenter ants are beneficial, recycling woody debris and returning nutrients ...

Termites, found on every continent except Antarctica, are often referred to as "silent destroyers." These small, social insects live in colonies and spend their lives primarily in search of ...

Florida's coastal and urban counties continue to see the spread of two invasive termite species beyond South Florida. The ...

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Formosan and Asian termites are almost entirely restricted to tropical climates, but the invasive insects have consistently arrived to newly habitable regions due to warming temperatures caused by ...

Odontotermes obesus is one of the termite species that grows fungi, called Termitomyces, in their mounds. Workers collect dead leaves, wood, and grass to stack them in underground fungus gardens ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — For the first time, a tropical invasive termite species has been detected in Tampa, according to scientists with the University of Florida. Scientists said Asian Subterranean ...