Of all the destructive forces facing homeowners today-and that includes tornadoes, earthquakes and hurricanes-none is as menacing and damaging as the tiny termite. According to the U.S. Department of ...

Tim Kridel kept a souvenir from his recent living room remodeling project: a piece of wooden sheeting, thin and brittle from all of the holes. Contractors adding insulation to the exterior wall of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Poisonous baits are designed to smell and taste like foods that pest insects might want to consume, with varying degrees of success in controlling the pests. But a Purdue ...

Ant-nest invaders beware: The African ant species Crematogaster striatula has venom so potent that termites don't even need to come in contact with it to feel its wrath. The chemical can kill at a ...

It took hundreds of teabags and thousands of rolls of toilet paper for tropical ecologist Kate Parr and her colleagues to demonstrate that termites help tropical rainforests resist drought. Forests ...

Scientists were puzzled about how the toxic substance maintains its shape while carried in a 'backpack' - until now TERMITES can explode themselves when attacked, spraying their adversaries with a ...

Ant-nest invaders beware: The African ant species Crematogaster striatula has venom so potent that termites don't even need to come in contact with it to feel its wrath. The chemical can kill at a ...