STAMFORD -- State entomologists say they found bird and dust mites in the Stamford Police Department -- but no ticks. Their findings are in contrast to claims from the police officers' union that at ...

Hyderabad: A new genomic study has shed fresh light on how mites and ticks evolved, and how parasitic species emerged over ...

Understanding these evolutionary relationships can help scientists predict which species may become disease carriers in the ...

The research analysed not just gene composition but also the physical order of genes on chromosomes, tracking their movements ...

Hyderabad scientists decoded the ‘Evolutionary GPS’ of mites and ticks, showing they belong to two independent groups. Using ...

A groundbreaking genomic study has shed new light on the complex evolutionary history of mites and ticks, revealing how parasitism emerged and diversified over more than 100 million years.

Mites and ticks are as diverse as they are mysterious. They may look like insects, but they actually belong to the broader ...

A minute ago, the mites were on the bees in the hive. It’s as if you were carrying around a tick the size of a dinner plate. Every year, up to half the managed honeybee hives in the United States die ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Rickettsia is spread by ticks, ...