STAMFORD -- State entomologists say they found bird and dust mites in the Stamford Police Department -- but no ticks. Their findings are in contrast to claims from the police officers' union that at ...

Chinese manja has caused harm in Hyderabad, injuring a police officer and a woman. Assistant Sub-Inspector B Nagaraju was cut by the sharp kite string while en route to duty. Separately, a woman in ...

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

Hyderabad scientists decoded the ‘Evolutionary GPS’ of mites and ticks, showing they belong to two independent groups. Using 90 arachnid genomes, the study reveals their evolutionary history and helps ...

One of the largest genomic studies of arachnids conducted so far, Scientists of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad have revealed new clues about how mites and ticks ...

Mites and ticks are as diverse as they are mysterious. They may look like insects, but they actually belong to the broader category of ‘arachnids’ — creatures with two body segments and eight legs.

A minute ago, the mites were on the bees in the hive. It’s as if you were carrying around a tick the size of a dinner plate. Every year, up to half the managed honeybee hives in the United States die ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Rickettsia is spread by ticks, ...