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 ...
Chiggers and scabies are the mites that bite. Yep, both of these little biters are actually mites, which makes them arachnids, not insects. That means they are more closely related to ticks than ...
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 ...
Pets can also carry the mites and spread them from person to person, but human mites can't stay alive or reproduce on an animal. Cats and dogs are susceptible to other kinds of mites, but dog mites ...
Have you ever had a fun day outside, only to find your ankles covered in itchy red bumps? You may have encountered chiggers — tiny bugs that have a fondness for human skin and often bite without being ...
Credit: Santiago Flórez, Science Friday “The name for this parasite is a very Transformer-y sounding name, but … these Varroa destructor mites have earned this name. It’s not melodramatic by any means ...