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Mites and ticks are often mistaken for insects. Actually, they belong to the broader category of ‘arachnids’, creatures with two body segments and eight legs. They range from invisible dust mites in ...

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The research analysed not just gene composition but also the physical order of genes on chromosomes, tracking their movements ...

Learn more about a parasitic spider mite discovered in Brazil, the second of the genus ever described.

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Mites and ticks are as diverse as they are mysterious. They may look like insects, but they actually belong to the broader ...

The parasitic mites were found on juvenile arachnids in the Butantan Institute collection. The larvae of Araneothrombium ...

The claim sounds precise enough to pass as true. Eight spiders a year, eaten while asleep. It’s the kind of fact people insist they picked up in school or heard repeated often enough to trust. The ...