We conclude leaf hair tufts on Q. agrifolia serve as domatia for mites, but we found no evidence that mites reduce herbivory or fungal pathogens. Thus, while mites likely benefit from housing provided ...

The Scrub typhus epidemic is here. Tsutsugamushi is a disease that is infected by being bitten by larvae of hairy mites with Orientia tsutsugamushi, and about 6,000 patients are reported annually. In ...

Microscopic mites that live in human pores and mate on our faces at night are becoming such simplified organisms, due to their unusual lifestyles, that they may soon become one with humans, new ...