Scientists say meat eating ants are cleaners of the savannah where dead bodies of insects, reptiles, birds and mammals are ...

Young rainforests lack termites, and that may slow their recovery. Scientists explore reintroducing key decomposers to ...

They are essential for nutrient recycling and are associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, vital for the functioning of trees. Famous for their ability to destroy wood, no one would think of saving ...

Termites -- infamous for their ability to destroy wood -- are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly replanted. But a new paper suggests that termite transplants may be ...

Despite a bad reputation for their destructive abilities, termite 'transplants' may be necessary to give regenerated ...

Termites—infamous for their ability to destroy wood—are rarely welcomed into rainforests that have been painstakingly ...

A new paper based on research in Queensland's Daintree Rainforest suggests 'termite transplants' may be necessary to help regenerating forests ...