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How Did Termite Kings And Queens Become Monogamous? They Had To Drop Their GenesWorkers (top) and soldiers (middle) of the termite Incisitermes schwarzi have given up breeding to care for their siblings, and a new study reveals the genetics involved

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How Did Termite Kings And Queens Become Monogamous? They Had To Drop Their GenesWorkers (top) and soldiers (middle) of the termite Incisitermes schwarzi have given up breeding to care for their siblings, and a new study reveals the genetics involved
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How Did Termite Kings And Queens Become Monogamous? They Had To Drop Their Genes

clock-iconJanuary 30, 2026
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Meet The Aardwolf: The Smallest Hyena, With A 300,000-Termite-A-Night AppetiteAn Aardwolf foraging at dusk in Southern African savanna

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Meet The Aardwolf: The Smallest Hyena, With A 300,000-Termite-A-Night AppetiteAn Aardwolf foraging at dusk in Southern African savanna
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Meet The Aardwolf: The Smallest Hyena, With A 300,000-Termite-A-Night Appetite

clock-iconJuly 24, 2025
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Two Of The Most Destructive Termites Got It On, Sparking Hybrid Threat In FloridaAsian subterranean termite mound

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Two Of The Most Destructive Termites Got It On, Sparking Hybrid Threat In FloridaAsian subterranean termite mound
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Two Of The Most Destructive Termites Got It On, Sparking Hybrid Threat In Florida

clock-iconMay 30, 2025
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The World’s Oldest Termite Mounds Are 34,000 Years Old, And They’re BeautifulAerial views of Namaqualand heuweltjies covered by spring flowers. The flowers grow preferentially on the mounds because they are richer in nutrients than the surrounding soil.

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The World’s Oldest Termite Mounds Are 34,000 Years Old, And They’re BeautifulAerial views of Namaqualand heuweltjies covered by spring flowers. The flowers grow preferentially on the mounds because they are richer in nutrients than the surrounding soil.
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The World’s Oldest Termite Mounds Are 34,000 Years Old, And They’re Beautiful

clock-iconJune 14, 2024
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Extinct Termites Caught Mid-Sexy Time In 38-Million-Year-Old AmberA pair of extinct termites engaging in courtship behaviour entrapped in prehistoric Amber.

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Extinct Termites Caught Mid-Sexy Time In 38-Million-Year-Old AmberA pair of extinct termites engaging in courtship behaviour entrapped in prehistoric Amber.
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Extinct Termites Caught Mid-Sexy Time In 38-Million-Year-Old Amber

clock-iconMarch 6, 2024
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If Insects Joined Forces They’d Weigh More Than All Humans And Livestockhow much do all insects weigh

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If Insects Joined Forces They’d Weigh More Than All Humans And Livestockhow much do all insects weigh
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If Insects Joined Forces They’d Weigh More Than All Humans And Livestock

clock-iconFebruary 7, 2023
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These Termite Mounds Are Thousands Of Years Old And Can Be Seen From Spacearticle image

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These Termite Mounds Are Thousands Of Years Old And Can Be Seen From Spacearticle image
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These Termite Mounds Are Thousands Of Years Old And Can Be Seen From Space

clock-iconNovember 20, 2018
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Some Termite Colonies Have Abandoned Males And Sexarticle image

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Some Termite Colonies Have Abandoned Males And Sexarticle image
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Some Termite Colonies Have Abandoned Males And Sex

clock-iconSeptember 26, 2018

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Termites Put Their Elderly On The Front Lines In Life-Or-Death Battlesarticle image

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Termites Put Their Elderly On The Front Lines In Life-Or-Death Battlesarticle image
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Termites Put Their Elderly On The Front Lines In Life-Or-Death Battles

clock-iconMarch 8, 2018

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Matabele Ants Save Their Buddies Damaged In Battle By Dressing Their Woundsarticle image

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Matabele Ants Save Their Buddies Damaged In Battle By Dressing Their Woundsarticle image
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Matabele Ants Save Their Buddies Damaged In Battle By Dressing Their Wounds

clock-iconFebruary 14, 2018

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How Gut Microbes Allowed Termites To Conquer The Worldarticle image

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How Gut Microbes Allowed Termites To Conquer The Worldarticle image
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How Gut Microbes Allowed Termites To Conquer The World

clock-iconFebruary 8, 2018

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Blind Termites Tiptoe Past Watchful Antsarticle image

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Blind Termites Tiptoe Past Watchful Antsarticle image
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Blind Termites Tiptoe Past Watchful Ants

clock-iconFebruary 24, 2017

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How Termites Came To Build The World’s Greatest “Skyscrapers”article image

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How Termites Came To Build The World’s Greatest “Skyscrapers”article image
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How Termites Came To Build The World’s Greatest “Skyscrapers”

clock-iconFebruary 22, 2017

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Australian Trees And Termite Mounds Hint At Hidden Gold Cachesarticle image

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Australian Trees And Termite Mounds Hint At Hidden Gold Cachesarticle image
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Australian Trees And Termite Mounds Hint At Hidden Gold Caches

clock-iconJanuary 3, 2017

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Gay Termites Kill Straight Males To Steal Their Wivesarticle image

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Gay Termites Kill Straight Males To Steal Their Wivesarticle image
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Gay Termites Kill Straight Males To Steal Their Wives

clock-iconAugust 18, 2016