A couple of months ago, Rolling Stone published a list of what it describes as the “500 greatest albums of all time“. The contents aren’t surprising. Sgt. Pepper comes in at number one, followed by ...

The termite is a pallid, squashy little bug which would be of no importance whatever were it not for its depraved appetite. It likes to eat wood. That taste makes it immensely important to building ...

In northeastern Brazil, in a forest so dry that the trees blanch bone-white, termites have been busy at work for millennia. The only external signs of their labor are dirt mounds, garbage dumps from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Termites, found on every continent except Antarctica, are often referred to as "silent destroyers." These small, social insects ...