Termites are often thought of as bad news when it comes to a building's integrity – but what if the voracious insects hold the blueprint to designing ...

Termites—infamous for their ability to destroy wood—are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly ...

Without wires, fans, or air conditioning, termite mounds are natural wonders of engineering, holding secrets that could reshape the way we think about sustainable architecture. Let’s venture ...

Young rainforests lack termites, and that may slow their recovery. Scientists explore reintroducing key decomposers to ...

Social Weavers are known as genius architects as they build massive communal nests in trees which house hundreds of birds.

An egg-shaped Microcerotermes mound. Although termites like these were present in the replanted rainforests, they worked more slowly than in old growth forest.

Despite a bad reputation for their destructive abilities, termite 'transplants' may be necessary to give regenerated ...

The team is also considering transplanting termite mounds straight into the forests along with the deadwood, “which is something that no one's really thought about either,” said Wijas.

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 ...