Superorganisms

Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial cockroaches which consume a variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus. They are distinguished by their moniliform antennae and the soft-bodied, unpigmented worker caste for which they have been commonly termed "white ants"; however, they are not ants but highly derived cockroaches. About 2,997 extant species are currently described, 2,125 of which are members of the family Termitidae.

thumb|A false color composite of global oceanic and terrestrial photoautotroph abundance, from September 2001 to August 2017. Provided by the [[SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE.]]

paradigm that living organisms interact with their surroundings in a self-regulating system

basic unit around which ants organize their lifecycle

thumb|upright=1.5|Co-operative brood rearing, seen here in honeybees, is a condition of eusociality.

process in which single-celled organisms monitor their population density by detecting the concentration of small, diffusible signal molecules produced by the cells themselves.

thumb|A mound built by Nasutitermes triodiae|cathedral termites thumb|A coral colony

biblical term for a demon or group of demons said to be exorcised by Jesus

future vision

hypothesis that multicellular life, understood as a superorganism, is suicidal, and that microbial-triggered mass extinctions are attempts to return the Earth to a microbial-dominated state

digital-communication coordinated group

Russian mathematician (1931–2010)

ability of an ecosystem to recover from damage

Sociological concept similar to superorganisms

Belgian cyberneticist

exceptionally large ant colony