termite

She was the first person to witness and document chimpanzees making and using tools – the primates prepared sticks to fish for termites.

Microbiologists have long known that those animals capable of digesting lignin -- like termites -- host specialized, symbiotic colonies of microbes in their guts that do the work of breaking the lignin down for them.

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a highly effective, nontoxic, and less expensive way to lure hungry termites to their doom.

In 2019, human rights activists and the US State Department criticised Mr Shah for describing illegal Muslim immigrants as "termites" and threatening to "throw them into the Bay of Bengal".

The bee makes its home in termite mounds found on trees, using the resin to protect its nest from the termites.