According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to collect grass, so they have functional eyes that the larvae are able to mimic ...

Termites are the architects of the natural world. The nests that they build can reach meters of height, with complex and elaborate structures, galleries that ensure efficient communication and ...

You’ve likely heard the phrase “it takes a village to raise a child”, but how many termites does it take to build a termite ...

The blowfly larvae bodies have evolved to closely resemble those of the termites, the researchers report February 10 in Current Biology. Inside the nest, termites recognize each other through touch, ...

even when the direction of the light and the position of the nest were altered. This, to my knowledge, is the first mention of trail-laying in a lower termite.

Nature is full of cunning trickery, but few are as audacious as the blow fly. Imagine not only altering your smell and chemical profile but even growing a fake face on your butt just to infiltrate a ...

Some African termites build nests that are brilliantly designed to maintain the temperature and humidity within the nest while permitting oxygen to flow into it and ...

When we lifted a stone we found a termite mound with three fly larvae that we had never seen before. The water had probably flooded the deeper layers of the nest and the larvae had emerged onto ...

Though no one may be around to hear when a tree falls in the forest, countless critters take note. Dormant fungi within the ...