If you were to design the strangest diet possible, eating nothing but ants and termites would probably make the shortlist. Yet over the past 66 million years, mammals across the globe have repeatedly ...

University of Florida researcher Dr. Rudolf Scheffrahn recently helped to discover a new termite species. It looks like Moby ...

Termitomyces is the world's largest edible fungus, with mushrooms that can grow up to a metre in diameter. Its protein content is at the high end among edible mushrooms and higher than chicken. It is ...

Forget the taste of your meal, how does it sound? That's the question that termites ask themselves when chomping into wood, an Australian study suggests. It seems that these insects choose what to eat ...

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 ...