The whole thing is a skit. There’s no real patient on the other end of the autofractor. But the optometrist is using the skit as an educational opportunity for viewers. The optometrist warns in the ...

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.

If you are reading this, you are probably not alone. Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of ...

Two types of Demodex mites live on humans: Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. Photo Credit: NANOCLUSTERING / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Image Male and female mites usually mate inside a ...

The dust mite is everywhere in tropical countries and causes no harm. It is on pillows, bed-sheets and all over and feeds on dead skin shed by animals and humans, the Sunday Times learns. However, ...

Mites have been around almost as long as the Earth itself. "Probably between 500 and 400 million years ago, mites were the first living organisms that came out of the ocean to walk on land," says ...

The red mite is arguably the most notorious in poultry farms," states Yahaya Were, a poultry veterinarian. It is followed ...

Scabies, a skin rash caused by tiny mites that burrow into the skin, is usually treated with prescription medication, but there are home remedies that may help relieve symptoms. Some people report ...

“I want the name using the phrase ‘retweet’ to help many people become interested in taxonomy and the registration of new varieties.” The finding, along with the characteristics of the ...