If you are reading this, you are probably not alone. Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of ...

Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair follicles, primarily of the face. In fact, humans are the only habitat ...

The first species, called Demodex folliculorum, lays its eggs in your hair follicle ... groups of humans migrated across the world. For example, a study found that European mites genetically ...

From microscopic mites dwelling in our hair follicles to sizable tapeworms inhabiting our intestines, the human body plays host to a surprising array of organisms. Some, like Demodex mites ...

All of this is to say that if one can imagine a habitat, however narrow, mites are there, even if that habitat is hard to reach on legs just microns long and a tenth the thickness of a human hair.

There are two main types of Demodex mites that live on humans: Demodex folliculorum, which resides in small hair follicles, such as those around the eyelashes, where it feeds on skin cells ...