Spider venoms contain ingredients that could lead to a new treatment to protect honeybees from the deadly Varroa destructor ...
Queensland researchers are testing novel ways to kill varroa mites, which have developed a resistance to standard treatments.
Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair ...
The honeybee mite, Varroa destructor, finally breached Australia's biosecurity defenses four years ago, and is here to stay.
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 ...
Chilean researchers have stumbled upon a population of the beneficial predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis, thriving in ...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have identified the sequence of molecular events by which tiny, tick-like creatures called house dust mites trigger asthma and allergic ...
Mite extinctions are occurring at least 1,000 times the 'natural' rate - a finding a researcher says is another warning that global biodiversity is in deep trouble. The 1.25 million mite species ...