Ants look much like termites, and the two are often confused. Ants can be identified by their elbowed antennae, and narrow "waist" between the abdomen and thorax. Some ants have wings, which are ...

Without them, habitats like rainforests would likely fail and animals depending on termites would die. What is a white ant? Termites—commonly referred to as white ants—are not actually ants at ...