When we found carpenter ants in the attic, we called an exterminator to protect the house.

The pediatric geneticist explained that the child's symptoms were consistent with Carpenter syndrome, and that coordinated care from surgeons, endocrinologists, and therapists would be necessary.

Last summer, carpenter bees made dozens of neat holes in the porch railing.

The carpenters' pencils, tucked into the side pocket of his tool belt, left precise marks on the oak before the first cut.

On warm afternoons, violet carpenter bees buzzed around the old fence, drilling neat round holes for their nests.

A violet carpenter bee drilled a neat round hole in the garden fence while collecting pollen from the late summer flowers.