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(BPT) - It’s a cruel coincidence that the spring’s real-estate buying season corresponds with another far less pleasant one – termite swarming season. When eager homebuyers emerge from winter ...

Termites are underground pests that feed on wood. Damage may take three to eight years to become serious since termites eat wood from the inside out. (Photo Credit: Chaiyon021/Dreamstime) Termites are ...

Odontotermes obesus is one of the termite species that grows fungi, called Termitomyces, in their mounds. Workers collect dead leaves, wood, and grass to stack them in underground fungus gardens ...

At least half of termite studies used to be about how to kill them. But science is discovering their extraordinary usefulness In July 2008, I rented a small yellow car in Tucson, Arizona, and drove it ...