In collaboration with colleagues from international partner institutions, researchers at the University of Cologne have ...

An international group of researchers at the University of Cologne have explored the asexual reproduction of oribatid mites ...

Oribatid Mites: Small soil-dwelling mites that are integral to organic decomposition and nutrient cycling. Parthenogenesis: A form of asexual reproduction where offspring develop from unfertilised ...

Yet, the oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer challenges this paradigm: It has existed for over 20 million years – entirely without sex. The asexual oribatid mites produce their female offspring ...

Yet, the oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer challenges this paradigm: It has existed for over 20 million years -- entirely without sex. The asexual oribatid mites produce their female offspring ...

Systematic & Applied Acarology (2008) 13, 252–255.. A new fossil oribatid mite, Ommatocepheus nortoni sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatida, Cepheidae), from a new outcrop of Lower Cretaceous Álava amber ...

To track the rise and fall of the Inca civilization, the new research—recently published in the Journal of Archaeological Science—relies on oribatid mites, which are tiny spider relatives that ...

The common oribatid mite species Oribatula tibialis is an extremely clever poisoner, as an interdisciplinary team of researchers has found. The mite uses hydrogen cyanide to defend itself against ...

Thirty species of oribatid mites and 8 species of staphylinid beetles are new to science and all of these species show habitat specificity to micro-habitats found within this old-growth forest.

A new species of oribatid mite of the family Autognetidae Grandjean, 1960, Autogneta (Rhaphigneta) iranicasp. nov., is described from Guilan province, northern Iran. The new species is characterized ...

Oribatid mite remains gave archaeologists a clue. You see, Oribatid mites eat llama dung. Even though the animal dung disappears over time, mite remains don't.