Just as many ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites, so too does the study of termites require a solid foundation. And now, a new system for termite classification has been created ...

Scientists have discovered a tiny termite with a head resembling that of a sperm whale, forcing a rewriting of its ...

v. 1. Introduction. A brief history of termite systematics ; Morphology ; Key to the extant families of Isoptera. Key to the subfamilies of Termitidae. Key to genera of the family Kalotermitidae ; ...

Termites -- infamous for their ability to destroy wood -- are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly replanted. But a new paper suggests that termite transplants may be ...

In the heights of the South American rainforest, researchers made an astonishing observation: a soldier termite possesses a head so flat and elongated that it immediately evokes the profile of ...

The new tree of life of termite families and subfamilies. Each branching indicates a split between families and subfamilies from their last common ancestor. Red branches are subfamilies that were all ...