Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered a new chemical treatment that could be a game-changer ...

Drywood termites, the ones that hide in wooden structures, molt about seven times in their lives. UC Riverside researchers ...

UC Riverside researchers find a chemical able to kill about 95 percent of a drywood termite colony without off-target effects ...

Drywood termites, the ones that hide in wooden structures, molt about seven times in their lives. UC Riverside researchers have found a chemical ...

Molting occurs so that they will have brand-new feathers for their long flight home. But while Earth's pattern of shortening and lengthening days remains fixed, the environment continues to transform.

Late spring is creeping into early summer in New Orleans, and residents have one annoying insect other than mosquitoes to keep an eye out for — swarming termites. Formosan termites ...

But the adaptation that sets Galápagos penguins apart is their flexibility as to when they molt (replace feathers) and breed, rather than having one fixed molting and mating season as other ...

These round structures were once mistaken for fish teeth, but they are now recognized as key evidence that large crayfish roamed the area and underwent regular molting cycles. This corrects decades of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Pest experts say this year’s termite season could be worse, with bigger swarms and in more areas. “Every year, the termites get a little bit worse,” Jacob Cohn ...

On the heels of last week’s World Penguin Day, the Detroit Zoo is marking a milestone with the public debut of its newest king penguin chick, Atticus — who weighs a whopping 40 pounds at just ...

Most animals have a defense mechanism, and it’s nature’s way of encouraging the species’ survival. Some include physical abilities like a squid’s blinding ink or a lizard’s detachable appendages. For ...