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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Pop singer Jennifer Lopez may be thinking life is funny after a group of scientists named a water mite in her honor after finding a new species near Puerto Rico. The music of ...

This summer, Chicago experienced an explosion of cicadas. Now, the city is experiencing another explosion: mites that feast on cicada eggs. Those mites are leaving people with an itchy rash. Ecologist ...

A plague of parasitic mites has descended upon Illinois in the wake of this year’s historic crop of cicadas, leaving residents with raging rashes and incessant itching. The mighty attack follows the ...