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 ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than 30,000 years old, ...
In the heart of Brazil, an ancient network of termite mounds stretches across an area so vast it can be seen from space. These towering structures, estimated to be around 4,000 years old, are the ...
A new study by Dr Tom M. Fayle of Queen Mary University of London, Dr Kalsum M. Yusah of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Dr Jiri Tuma of the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech ...
Left part: Mean abundance of invertebrates found in Dicuspiditermes spp. unoccupied mounds in primary lowland dipterocarp rainforest and in forest disturbed by logging. Green indicates mound material ...
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 ...