TENNANT CREEK, Australia – In a forgotten restaurant behind a gas station in this country’s red center, only metal and plastic parts remain unscathed. Chris Cook grabs at a timber door frame, which ...

They build among the tallest non-human structures (proportionately speaking) in the world and now it's been discovered the termites that live in Australia's remote Top End originated from overseas - ...

Like many great architects of the human world, the critters that have helped shape Australia's arid Outback are descended from immigrants. In a new paper, researchers reveal that the Nasutitermes ...

Imagine a lush forest with tree-ferns, their trunks capped by ribbon-like fronds. Conifers tower overhead, bearing triangular leaves almost sharp enough to pierce skin. Flowering plants are both small ...

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A new species of “dwarf” termite discovered near Kununurra in the East Kimberley is the earliest ancestor of the destructive coptotermes genus found throughout the world. CSIRO scientists found the ...

Researchers are using termites to find precious metals beneath Australia’s landscape. CSIRO RESEARCHERS ARE USING termites to track gold and other precious mineral deposits. “A lot of Australia’s ...