Modern oribatid mites only eat wood affected by fungi. Regardless, our study documents the first known interaction of wood-nesting termites and oribatid mites in the fossil record. This nest also ...

Imagine a lush forest with tree-ferns, their trunks capped by ribbon-like fronds. Conifers tower overhead, bearing triangular leaves almost sharp eno ...

A survey was conducted in three sites from northern and mid-eastern regions of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, to determine oribatid mite composition in patches of seasonal semideciduous forest and ...

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

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

The oribatid mite is a living contradiction of the evolutionary principle, surviving over 20 million years without any trace of sexual reproduction. These mites produce female offspring from ...

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 ...

The phenology of oribatid mites of a Q. coccifera forest (mediterranean-type ecosystem) was studied on Mt Hortitiatis (Greece). The population density of most species displayed seasonal patterns which ...

News Published: 13 March 1948 Oribatid Mites and Their Economic Importance M. ANANTARAMAN Nature 161, 409–410 (1948) Cite this article ...

Letter Published: 16 February 1952 Growth in the Laboratory of Economically Important Oribatid Mites N. D. CLEAT Nature 169, 280–281 (1952) Cite this article ...

Thanks to its extraordinarily robust exoskeleton, this minute creature can heft an astounding 1,180 times its own body weight. Despite its grain-of-sand dimensions, ranging from 0.2mm to 1.4mm, the ...