Termites benefit the environment by breaking down wood debris, but they can cause severe damage to homes. Swarmers, bubbling paint, and mud tunnels can indicate a termite infestation in a home.

Termites, found on every continent except Antarctica, are often referred to as "silent destroyers." These small, social insects live in colonies and spend their lives primarily in search of ...

How do some of the most voracious subterranean termite species live and remain active around a house? They have a knack for "smelling death." In the United States, there are two primary ways to ...

The Formosan Subterranean termite has infested all of Texas’ major cities but there are ways homeowners can protect against their costly damage. Jimmy Chan pexels Did you know Dallas is one of the ...

At first the 15-foot by 4-foot plexiglass case looks like a massive piece of art — an abstract of a river delta or the veins of a leaf. But then you see tiny pale things scuttling, moving their way ...

Picture this: You're outside on a warm spring evening, enjoying the Louisiana sunset after a short rain shower. Then, as the street lights kick on, you start to notice a swarm of small bugs surround ...

As a more aggressive species of termites, Formosan subterranean termites, known by their scientific name Coptotermes formosanus, have been able to mostly push out the native termite species, known as ...

Formosa termites, which have been in the area since the late 1990s, and Asian termites that made their debut in 2010 are the reason for half of the termite damage that occurs across the globe. These ...