Bird mites are avian parasites that live on the skin of domestic fowl and wild birds. If these pests make their way into your home they can affect you for several weeks at a time. ‌ Mite bites can ...

Trachymolgus purpureus. This brilliant purple hue is this mite’s actual color. Because there is no polite way to ask a mite to sit still for its portrait, Gary Bauchan often gives his tiny subjects a ...

UC Davis Assistant Professor Sascha Nicklisch, left, and USDA-ARS research entomologist Julia Fine stand with bee hives. The duo partnered to investigate a treatment that targets varroa mites without ...

A unique hybrid honeybee found only in Southern California has demonstrated the ability to survive attacks from deadly mites.

In Southern California, some honeybees appear to be doing what many others across the country cannot: living with one of ...

The bites are horrible. They have been itching 24 hours a day for a couple of weeks, and nothing seems to help. A: While there are several species of microscopic mites, the oak leaf gall mite has been ...

Look at these pore souls. Dr. Scott Walter — a board-certified dermatologist in the Denver area — is raising awareness about Demodex, a type of tiny eight-legged mite that resides in hair follicles ...

How do you like them apples, apricots, blueberries, almonds and peaches? They all depend on bees for pollination. But over the last several years, a massive number of bee colonies have died, putting ...

There are growing fears that a second varroa mite strain could enter Australia, as beekeepers lose key chemical options for ...

The mysterious bug bites first appeared a few weeks ago. George Monks, a dermatologist in Tulsa, Okla., started hearing complaints about weird, itchy welts. The bites had strange, tiny blisters in the ...

A tiny parasitic mite that lives on the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) has breached Australia’s border quarantine and been detected in managed bee hives in New South Wales. This is bad news for ...