termite

“It’s like a termite almost, just kind of chips away every day,” Sohn said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Wilson wonders if his particular termite art — treating street B-roll like a hidden archive of absurd humanity — has a place in the cutthroat film world of today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

In 2026, researchers highlighted images and video of western drywood termites performing proctodeal trophallaxis, a feeding behavior in which one termite receives material from another termite's hindgut.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The problem for a growing termite is that this armor cannot simply stretch forever.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

She had seen the gaping holes anteaters carved into the sides of termite mounds, although she hadn’t seen the creatures themselves.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

For termites, it provides protective armor while also creating sturdy attachment points for muscles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

But researchers at the University of California, Riverside identified a biological weakness that termites cannot hide from: they have to molt.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

When termites were offered both treated and untreated wood, the same concentration produced roughly 96 percent mortality.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Within 24 to 48 hours, material from the exposed termites had reached previously untreated nestmates.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Watson, Nel, and Hewitt have collected large numbers of termites in the field and placed them together for observation, in groups and pairs.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas