Meet Demodex, the face mite, a microscopic arachnid that lives on human skin. The pore is its humble abode and the waxy sebum ...

Meet the face mites. They're smaller than a grain of sand ... And by comparing their DNA, scientists can trace how different groups of humans migrated across the world. For example, a study ...

One of the more disturbing realities of the microbiome is that we're literally crawling with microbes—including, yes, face mites. Face mites, or demodex, are one of the many microorganisms that ...

Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair follicles, primarily of the face. In fact, humans are the only habitat ...

If you are reading this, you are probably not alone. Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair follicles, primarily of ...

There are thousands of mites living on your face Ethnic minorities more likely ... be on its way to being completely dependent on us as humans to survive The study shows that as their genetic ...

This story appears in the February 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. Currently two species of face mites are known; at least one of them appear to be present on all adult humans.

Mites are thus likely to mate on humans while they sleep. The idea of eight-legged mites that have sex on your face and nipples when you sleep may sound like a concept from the latest horror ...

Most people have little face mites, called demodex, that live in the hair follicles and pores on cheeks, eyelashes, forehead and other areas of our face. While they’re usually harmless ...

Most people have little face mites, called demodex, that live in the hair follicles and pores on cheeks, eyelashes, forehead and other areas of our face. While they’re usually harmless, there are rare ...