It was really more like a feast — grass-fed beef brisket with a spicy rub, kale salad, wonderful root vegetables and, for dessert, Siegel's freshly baked cookies.
By feasting on grass roots beneath the surface, the termites keep the circles — which range from 6 to 40 feet in diameter — free of vegetation and better able to absorb rainwater.
Dr. Juergens said in a telephone interview that Dr. Tschinkel was "looking for the wrong termites and you could easily overlook the ones that were actually living" deep beneath the surface of the red sandy spots, feasting on grass roots to keep the patches of land free of vegetation.
My trek began in Buenos Aires, where in a single evening I feasted on grass-fed beef at three landmark steakhouses.
But the 118 goats in the herd managed to break through a wooden fence and proceeded to feast on nearby grass and shrubs.
We sat down in the sun-warmed grass and feasted on peppery sausage, soft sheep's cheese and yeasty bread, while an eagle floated past overhead.
Hidden from predators, voles happily travel under snow cover, feasting on blades of grass and the bark of trees and shrubs.
Wyn Evans' family has owned this 200-acre plot in western Wales for generations, a bucolic expanse where 370 sheep and 80 cows feast on the verdant grasses of undulating hillsides.
A moose feasts on aquatic grasses.
This martin often feeds alone, but sizeable groups may gather at grass fires to feast on the fleeing insects, and outside the breeding season flocks of up to 300 may form where food is abundant.
This martin often feeds alone, but sizeable groups may gather at grass fires to feast on the fleeing insects, and outside the breeding season flocks of up to 300 may form where food is abundant, such as agricultural areas, wetlands and sewage works.
