For those who agree it's a good idea to spend time and money maintaining our homes and ensuring they are safe, here is today's to-do list. When you sprung your clocks forward, did you remember the ...

Termites benefit the environment by breaking down wood debris, but they can cause severe damage to homes. Swarmers, bubbling ...

Some species of termites are known to cultivate their own crops of fungus within their nests, similar to the way humans maintain farms to feed people. One such species is Odontotermes obesus, which ...

A clear plastic container holding watery yellow-brown termite faeces has pride of place in the office of dipterologist, John Midgley, at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in South Africa. He often searches the ...

Described by researchers as one of the most serious wood-destroying pests in the world, subterranean termites cause an estimated $32 billion in damage globally per year, and California is a ...

We are close to signing a contract on a two-family on the Bed Stuy-Bushwick border. The inspector found evidence of termite damage. He easily poked through part of the main beam, which was rotted at ...