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Termites’ Engineering Skills Help Protect Tropical Rainforests From Drought

Termites are minuscule scourges to homeowners, but the wood-chomping critters are also masterful engineers. And now an international team of researchers has found that these construction skills ... read more

How forest termites protect tropical forests from drought

The efforts of tiny forest termites have a big effect on the harmful ecological effects of drought in tropical rainforests, according to a new ... by showing how a single insect community can help saf... read more

Termites help to protect tropical forests during drought, study finds

But termites, better known for their intricate mound-building skills and for chewing through wooden furniture, help tropical forests withstand drought ... growth tropical rainforest in the ... read more

How termites help rainforests survive climate change

Termites, they knew, ruled the realm of the dirt in the forest, chomping through the drifts of leaves that fell from the trees, digging tunnels and aerating the soil, and “engineering ... bits of pris... read more

Best books for curious kids

Until then, read on for reviews of the finalists written by the staff of the Science family of journals, with help from a few friends ... even the Arctic or a rain forest. The book explains the causes ... read more

Rewilding Kaho'olawe Island

Wright trained in electrical engineering and co-founded the Willow Grove Foundation in 2000, which supports inner city child education enrichment programs and environmental stewardship initiatives, in... read more

Iraqi farmers fight to save cattle from drought

As southern Iraq suffers through a punishing drought, desperate cattle breeders are having to ... Neighbours Iran and Turkey have in effect rerouted several rivers and tributaries that used to help ir... read more

The Food and Energy Research Gaps

Keith Bradsher and Andrew Martin have a sobering story in The Times showing declines in funding for agricultural development assistance and basic research even as the world’s poorest regions face spik... read more

Malayan Sun bear: bile trade threatens the World’s smallest bear

The Sun bear’s love of fruit makes it an excellent seed disperser, providing a vital service to forest trees. Sun bears also control forest pests such as termites. When hunting for ants or bees, they ... read more

Termites mitigate the effects of drought in tropical rainforest

1 School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2 Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK. 3 Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griff... read more

These Termite Mounds Are 4,000 Years Old — And Still In Use

Two hundred million mounds of dirt dot an area about the size of Great Britain in a tropical forest in northeastern Brazil ... of how long ago a mineral was exposed to the sun. The termites’ engineeri... read more

Researchers develop novel maps to help protect crucial Arctic ecosystems

We need to protect these vulnerable ecosystems and right now, our data suggests the level of protection is too low." Polar bears coming together for a meal. Credit: David Yurkowski Indeed, the study n... read more