Scientists have discovered 8-foot high, 4,000-year-old termite mounds in the Amazon. The piles of earth, which are as old as the pyramids, cover an area bigger than Britain and are visible from space.

PALMEIRAS, Brazil – Roy Funch, an American botanist who has lived and worked in Brazil's hardscrabble northeast for decades, long looked at huge cone-shaped mounds of mud in the distance and wonder.

This is more than just an interesting scientific find or historical curiosity. It offers a window into what our planet looked like tens of thousands of years ago, providing a living archive of ...

Termites play a key ecological role in many tropical and subtropical ecosystems. By building and maintaining their nests and ...

American botanist Roy Funch sits on top of a giant termite mound near Palmeiras, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. After years of failing to garner wider interest on the mounds, Funch's chance meeting ...