Termites have a bad reputation. Most think of them as pests, a status that isn't helped by their recent reclassification into the cockroach family. But not only do the termites that cause serious ...

Just as many ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites, so too does the study of termites require a solid foundation. And now, a new system for termite classification has been created ...

Scientists have discovered a tiny termite with a head resembling that of a sperm whale, forcing a rewriting of its ...

v. 1. Introduction. A brief history of termite systematics ; Morphology ; Key to the extant families of Isoptera. Key to the subfamilies of Termitidae. Key to genera of the family Kalotermitidae ; ...

Termites -- infamous for their ability to destroy wood -- are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly replanted. But a new paper suggests that termite transplants may be ...

In the heights of the South American rainforest, researchers made an astonishing observation: a soldier termite possesses a head so flat and elongated that it immediately evokes the profile of ...

The new tree of life of termite families and subfamilies. Each branching indicates a split between families and subfamilies from their last common ancestor. Red branches are subfamilies that were all ...