Discover strange facts about termites: soldier-mound builders, fungus farmers, and the eusocial insects whose 9-metre cathedrals climate-control entire
Termite mounds are natural climate-control systems built by tiny insects. Learn how their ventilation keeps colonies cool and protects their fungus gardens.
Discover the remarkable world of termites, from 3,100 species and cathedral mounds reaching 9 meters tall to queens living 50 years and laying 30,000 eggs daily. Expert-written guide covering mound ventilation systems, the Eastgate Centre biomimicry story, symbiotic wood digestion, fungus-farming Ma
Everything about the Macrotermes termite: colony structure, mound architecture, passive climate control, fungus farming, queen biology, and the strange facts that make Macrotermes bellicosus one of Earth's most extraordinary builders.
Everything about the Formosan subterranean termite: biology, colony structure, carton nests, invasive spread, defence chemistry, and why Coptotermes formosanus is the most economically destructive termite on Earth.
Everything about the magnetic termite: north-south mound alignment, solar thermoregulation, colony structure, diet, Litchfield National Park tourism, and the strange facts that make Amitermes meridionalis the living compasses of northern Australia.
Everything about the Eastern subterranean termite: biology, colony structure, shelter tubes, swarming, gut protozoa, and why Reticulitermes flavipes causes roughly $2 billion in US damage every year.
