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.

Dust mites are microscopic pests that thrive in warm, humid environments, making your mattress a perfect breeding ground. While they’re too small to be seen by the naked eye, there are certain ...

it’s one easy thing to check off the to-do list. But experts actually say that doing this may create the perfect environment for dust mites. Not familiar with these tiny creatures? They can live ...

Meet Demodex, the face mite, a microscopic arachnid that lives on human skin. The pore is its humble abode and the waxy sebum we secrete is its meal of choice. It's hard to know for sure ...

Do you know what chigger bites look like? The tiny mites — also called berry bugs — may leave behind small, itchy red bumps. While it's easy to confuse chigger bites for other types of insect ...

When biologist Satoshi Shimano saw a post about a new mite species on Twitter, he couldn't have known that the repeated resharing of the image would lead to the discovery of another. In honor of ...

Fortunately, there are several signs and symptoms a cat infected with ear mites may exhibit, and they include the following: The above list begins with the first symptoms of an ear mite infection ...