A Polar Mites player celebrates on the ice at Powhatan Ice Den on Jan. 18. Eric C. Flick Two Polar Mites battle for the puck at Powhatan Ice Den on Jan. 18.

Many in the region are questioning the kind of settlement Turkey seeks in Syria with the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control significant territory in the northeast of ...

Mites who hitchhike on the beaks of hummingbirds use a surprising method to help them on their journey: electricity. These hummingbird flower mites feed on nectar and live within specific flowers ...

But experts actually say that doing this may create the perfect environment for dust mites. Not familiar with these tiny creatures? They can live in your home and, according to research published ...

Tiny mites seem capable of relying on the power of static cling to hop into hummingbird nostrils and move between flowers. By Douglas Main Flower mites spend their lives slurping nectar and ...

The asexual oribatid mites produce their female offspring from unfertilized eggs without males. Males are absent or extremely rare and do not contribute to the gene pool. Depending on the ...

Among these are Demodex mites, which quietly live, crawl, and reproduce in the pores of your face. While they might look peculiar under a microscope, these mites are a natural part of your skin’s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Mites are capable of producing offspring without the aid of a partner. The children are exact replicas of their singular parent, creating a line of pure females. This isn’t a scene from a science ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man carries a bag with groceries in a food street market at Uskudar neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey ...

A fire at a ski resort in Turkey this week is now known to have killed 78 people, the justice ministry has announced, saying all the victims had now been identified. Yesterday evening, the ...