Set out baits labeled for carpenter ants. Baits can be effective because ants share food with each other, says Benson. Place ...

Termites are notorious for the way they affect wood, eating their way into spaces that didn't previously exist. They convert the cellulose in wood to give their bodies nourishment. “In nature, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Zach DeVries, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at the University of Kentucky who works with its Cooperative ...

A swarm is the colony’s way of getting termites to disperse to start their own colony,” says Eric Benson, PhD, professor ...

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Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. One ...

From mosquitoes, ants, flies, roaches and more, bugs are everywhere when it’s warm. This summer’s crop of creepy crawlers look ugly and sinister. But don’t be fooled by their sizes. The small ones can ...

Ants and termites are at war, and it's not the strongest one who wins, but the fastest. At Comoé National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, Matabele ants are always on the hunt for their favourite meal: termites ...

They might be close in terms of appearance but ants and termites are far from friends. These little critters share a hostility that can be traced back millions of years, one that often manifests in ...

Let’s say you’re out hunting with some friends, and all of the sudden you are all gruesomely attacked. One of your buddies loses a leg or an arm. As you’re running for dear life, would you pick up ...

Termite-hunting ants in sub-Saharan Africa treat each other’s wounds by licking them, according to new research. It might sound icky — but the treatment actually saves lives. “The ants don’t know why ...

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 ...