Flying termites, or "swarmers," signal a nearby colony and can cause serious damage if not addressed quickly. To control flying termites, King recommends differentiating between long-term elimination ...

For Zach DeVries, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at the University of Kentucky who works with its Cooperative Extension Service, this is the time of year he gets the most calls about ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Imagine that you’re preparing dinner when suddenly ...

Winged Termites and ants can cause significant damage to any structure that has wood as a major component of its skeleton. Woods is primarily composed of a chemical called cellulose, and complex ...

It's only February but early termite swarm activity has been detected across the United States, including San Diego, ...

At entomologist parties, flying ants are discussed with words such as “nuisance” or “irritating.” Termites, however, are on the other side of this spectrum; whole sentences are used, as in, “Have you ...

Q: I was out poking around the garden beds on one of those recent warm days and noticed a nest of skinny winged insects crawling in the mulch. I was concerned that they might be termites, so I looked ...

Two termite species are now interbreeding in Florida, resulting in the creation of a new species of the insect responsible for billions of dollars of damage each year. The Asian subterranean and ...

The most comprehensive dataset of termite genomes to date was created by an international team of scientists, led by ...