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

The team hopes those microbial signatures could eventually form the basis of a simple diagnostic tool that helps pest professionals determine whether termite evidence is recent enough to justify treatment.

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

There is an underlying force that drives together the several creatures comprising myxotricha, and, then drives the assemblage into union with the termite.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

Drywood termites are remarkably good at disappearing into the very material they destroy.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Groups that began with 50 percent exposed termites showed a broadly similar survival pattern.

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

“I used a man’s shovel by myself and ate termites and jumped up and down on a Mask!”

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer