Oribatid mites are tiny, soil-dwelling decomposers with over 10,000 species, some of which have defied the rules of evolution for millions of years. These mites, measuring between 150 and 1400 ...

Spiders are declining in livestock-grazed areas, while ticks and mites are increasing. This change affects ecosystems and ...

Domestic grazers are increasingly replacing wild herbivores in ecosystems around the world, leading to insidious changes in ...

The researchers also noted that hair follicle–dwelling mites may predate modern humans, and their evolutionary divergence aligns with the out-of-Africa hypothesis. “These mites have been living with ...