Researchers pose in front of a section of the giant 34,000-year-old termite nest found Buffelsrivier, South Africa [Courtesy of Michele Francis] ...

Termite mounds in Namaqualand, South Africa, are at least 34,000 years old, according to a recent study. The termite mounds are still used by southern harvester termites (Microhodotermes viator ...

She receives funding for scientific research from the National Science Foundation, the Water Research Commission South Africa ... is growing evidence that termites have a substantial, but still ...

The world’s oldest inhabited termite mounds, discovered in Namaqualand, South Africa, are providing insight into the role of these tiny engineers in natural carbon sequestration. A study on the ...

If you fly over the south-west corner of Africa ... One of the biggest flaws to the termite idea was that P.allocerus lives in eastern parts of Africa that don’t have fairy circles.

Yahoo.com Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than 30,000 years old, meaning they are the ...

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The landscape along the Buffels River in South Africa's Namaqualand region is dotted ... (the word means "little hills" in Afrikaans), are termite mounds, inhabited by an underground network ...

More information: M.L. Francis et al, Calcareous termite mounds in South Africa are ancient carbon reservoirs, Science of The Total Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171760 Journal ...

The landscape along the Buffels River in South Africa’s Namaqualand region is ... (the word means “little hills” in Afrikaans), are termite mounds, inhabited by an underground network ...