Ants will leave behind piles of wood shavings because they do not eat what they gouge out. While both insects ravage the wood in your home, termites tend to take it farther.

Your garden may look lush and peaceful, but it could be hiding a serious threat. Certain insects that live near your home’s ...

“Unlike termites, carpenter ants do not eat wood,” writes Ashley Kulhanek and Curtis Young in an OSU post on ants and dead ...

Carpenter ants may not eat wood like termites, but they can still cause serious damage by tunneling through it to build their nests. And unlike other ants, they’re not just after your crumbs—they’re ...

I have been seeing some large and small black ants in my kitchen over the last few days and have also noticed them crawling up the trunk of one of my old maple trees. There appears to be sawdust ...

Some mammals evolved to eat only ants and termites. It happened at least twelve times. These animals developed special ...

A menagerie of strange insects and plant life is credited with saving an area of ancient woodland in the Scottish Highlands.

The Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hokule'a will be treated for an invasive species of wood-eating ants on Thursday, ahead of a worldwide sailing voyage.

Like red wood ants, other critters also possess surprising adaptations that help them thrive in their surroundings. The following creatures are featured in the second season of "A Real Bug's Life." ...