Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is more than just an interesting scientific find or historical curiosity. It offers a window into what our planet looked like ...

In this undated photo provided to the Associated Press by Stellenbosch University researcher, Michele Francis, right, and other researchers, pose for a selfie, next to an ancient termite mound in ...

As the Earth gets hotter, humans aren’t the only ones worrying about staying cool. From the 100-degree summers of sub-Saharan Africa to the sticky humidity of South Florida, animals have learned to ...

From bees drip honey. From birds blossom fruit orchards. From termites spring up — mushrooms. Yes, it’s time to make that nasty pest, who’s busy right now turning someone’s house to brown mush, pause ...

Scientists recently found the planet’s longest continuously occupied termite colony in an arid region of South Africa. It dates to the time of the Neanderthals. By Franz Lidz Last month, Michele ...

Palo Alto, CA—Using sophisticated airborne imaging and structural analysis, scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology mapped more than 40,000 termite mounds over 192 square ...

A clear plastic container holding watery yellow-brown termite faeces has pride of place in the office of dipterologist, John Midgley, at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in South Africa. He often searches the ...

South Africa’s Limpopo province borders Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique. It is one of the poorest provinces in the country. This is due to a combination of historical underdevelopment, a high ...

Imagine a lush forest with tree-ferns, their trunks capped by ribbon-like fronds. Conifers tower overhead, bearing triangular leaves almost sharp enough to pierce skin. Flowering plants are both small ...