Termite mounds appear as patches of lush vegetation from the air near Vilanculos, Mozambique. Termite mounds occur in regularly spaced 'polka-dot' patterns due to competition between neighboring ...

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, ...

Looking to nature can often provide inspiration, especially in construction. Researchers have studied how wind travels through the complex internal structure of a termite mound in hopes that it will ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Nanowerk News) Among the approximately 2,000 known species of termites, some are ecosystem engineers. The mounds built by some genera, for example Amitermes, Macrotermes, Nasutitermes, and ...

Scientists estimate that the total weight of the world’s termites is greater than the weight of all humans combined, a scale that helps explain how such small creatures can reshape entire lands. Their ...

Researchers from the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology flew over 192 square miles of Kruger National Park in South Africa, and used a scanning method called LIDAR to map 40,000 ...

The mounds that certain species of termites build above their nests have long been considered to be a kind of built-in natural climate control—an approach that has intrigued architects and engineers ...

Zebras (Equus quagga) graze the short, nutrient-rich grasses growing atop a termite mound in Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve. Termite mounds in African savannas frequently have elevated levels of soil ...

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, ...