Termites are the architects of the natural world. The nests that they build can reach metres of height, with complex and elaborate structures, galleries that ensure efficient communication and that ...

Drivers and motorcyclists moved slowly through the Indonesian district of Tulungagung on March 4 as countless winged termites filled the night air and even covered parts of the road.

The termite might be an unlikely symbol of the commonwealth relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S., but for Charles Juhasz- Alvarado—a sculptor who lives in San Juan—the insect has become a ...

Astronomers are gathering footage for the first video of a black hole, sunlight can convert plastics into vinegar, giant ...

PALMEIRAS, Brazil — Roy Funch, an American botanist who has lived and worked in Brazil’s hardscrabble northeast for decades, long looked at huge cone-shaped mounds of mud in the distance and wondered.