The answer to the edibility question is always "to something, somewhere, yes"

Today I learned about HARKING, THARKING, SHARKING and PARKING. these are things we all ought to know! embassy.science/wiki/Theme:C....

Termite mound of Nasutitermes magnus, from North East Australia

My favourite termite mound, Nasutitermes magnus from wet savanna in northern Queensland. A grass harvester.

Quantifying the role of termite decomposition in a mesic savanna Savanna ecosystems are highly vulnerable to climate and land-use changes yet lack precise assessments of carbon cycling. In a large-scale termite suppression experiment, we found that termites accoun...

Another 2024 paper, on South African termites and decomposition, led by Kath Bunney, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

@pickeletto.bsky.social I love Bellowhead!

Carbon cycle!

Here's a review of dead wood in the car on cycle. I wrote the invert bit www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

AI generates image of a termite mound as superhero

Termite colony, superhero

Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites - Nature Communications Here, the authors produce an updated termite classification with genomic scale analyses, highlighting thirteen family-level lineages and resilience of their classification to future termite research.

Another 2024 paper. Proud to be a coauthor on this reclassification of termites www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Habitat fragmentation drives pest termite risk in humid, but not arid, biomes Habitat fragmentation and climate change affect both pest and engineering species of termites that are widely distributed from the tropics to temperate regions. Our study mechanistically uncovered how...

Another paper I coauthored this year, on termite pest risk and habitat fragmentation www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...

The diversity of social complexity in termites | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Sociality underpins major evolutionary transitions and significantly influences the structure and function of complex ecosystems. Social insects, seen as the pinnacle of sociality, have traits like ob...

Another paper published earlier this year, led by Lewis Revely, on termite social complexity and termite traits royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

Oh no. Grammar police!

*cats

Cays don't really have the physiology to eat termites. They are not very nutritious

Another paper that I coauthored this year on the problems of estimating methane fluxes from termites, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/ZMHKJS...

This is mostly for my scientific work things. For my hobby writing you can go to www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

I'm afraid it was the US election and Elon Musk's role in it that finally made me leave Twitter

Biogeographical Variation in Termite Distributions Alters Global Deadwood Decay Aim Termites are a crucial group of macroinvertebrates regulating rates of deadwood decomposition across tropical and subtropical regions. When examining global patterns of deadwood decay, termites ...

New paper on fungus-growing termites, led by the incomparable Steph Law onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...