All articles tagged with "Eusocial"
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 naked mole-rat: eusocial colonies, 30-year lifespan, cancer resistance, hypoxia tolerance, cold-blooded metabolism, and the strange facts that make Heterocephalus glaber the most biologically unusual mammal on Earth.
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.
