Every December, youth hockey teams around the city compete for the title of “Boston’s Best” in the Mayor’s Cup Ice Hockey ...

New species of aquatic mite in Portuguese rivers, Torrenticola galaica, reveals the existence of hidden predators.

While they’re totally different species, people often lump mites and fleas together because they’re small (sometimes microscopic) bugs. They both live in groups and can infest our homes and pets. In ...

Mites are small arachnids that may might humans. People may not realize they have come in contact with mites until they develop itchy, red, or discolored bumps that resemble bites. The term “mites” ...

This year's cicada emergence was a double whammy of insects, with two groups of periodical cicadas that only come out of the ground every 13 or 17 years making a simultaneous appearance. But even ...

While, to many, fall is as good a season as any other, it can be the worst for those who are prone to oak leaf itch mites. These are commonly known to feed on larvae of an oak gall midge (fly) that ...

More than a year after varroa mite was first detected in Australia at the Port of Newcastle, the deadly bee parasite is still on the move, reaching new parts of New South Wales in recent weeks. With ...

Ear mites are a type of mite that lives in the ear canal and feeds off skin oils and ear wax. They’re commonly found in animals. However, they may jump from pets onto humans and bite them. Share on ...

An island that is home to a unique population of honey bees hopes biosecurity measures will protect it from a deadly parasite ...

The varroa mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a huge threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey ...

Artists from Applied Imagination, an outfit out of Kentucky, who partnered with the Botanic Garden to do this holiday display, used all sorts of naturally-occurring materials — from acorn caps to ...