A trio of biologists from the University of Connecticut; the Organization for Tropical Studies, in Costa Rica; and the ...

Tiny mites seem capable of relying on the power of static cling to hop into hummingbird nostrils and move between flowers.

The milky specks known as hummingbird mites are among the most skilled hitchhikers in the world. They live their lives inside ...

Some mites, such as rodent and bird mites, feed on the blood of their host animal. Because mites are always present in our ...