Termite kings may have lost their sperm tails, but they gained a family. This story was originally featured on Nautilus.

Learn the difference between termites and carpenter ants, including how they look, the damage they cause, and what Southern homeowners should know to protect their homes.

It's not just humans that build villages – so do other animals. And they can be so enormous they're visible from space ...

This involved losing a suite of genes, which contributed to their complex shift from solitary cockroaches to mega-socialite ...

A single queen in the tropics; large colonies in deserts; workers with uniform morphology in temperate regions; ant social structures vary according to environmental conditions. This is shown, for the ...

Termite kings and queens live in fortress-like colonies that can last for decades, yet their dynasties rest on a single, highly unusual reproductive partnership. Instead of competing mates and ...

It's an effective trick if you can get away with it.

You've likely not heard of the term myrmecophily. Literally meaning ant love, it refers to ants' bonds with other organisms.

Learn more about termite evolution and how shedding key genes from their cockroach ancestors helped them build more complex ...

Florida's coastal and urban counties continue to see the spread of two invasive termite species beyond South Florida. The species are now threatening structures statewide, according to a new ...

And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce ...

Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...