The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable future, but some people are feeling the painful, itchy remnants of a ...

Scabies cases have been higher than usual across England this winter. Here’s what the condition is, how it spreads, and what ...

The latest 17-year brood of cicadas is invading, bringing millions if not billions of the noisy insects to Cincinnati and southwest Ohio. However, cicadas can attract a pest, the oak leaf itch mite.

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 ...

These microscopic mites, which burrow under your skin and cause ferocious itching, are incredibly hard to get rid of – and cases in the UK have soared. What is causing the outbreak, and is there ...

A couple got red, itchy rashes on their stomachs. They'd been bitten by mites living off the beetles that were infesting their wooden furniture. It's rare for these parasitic mites to bite humans, but ...

Scabies is a red rash with small bumps, itching, blistering, and scaling. Scabies mites create burrows under the skin that ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — If you thought problems with pesky cicadas were gone, guess again. It now appears people are getting bites and rashes from a mite which feeds on cicada eggs. The Oak Leaf Itch ...

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 ...

From terrifying trap doors to creepy messages written under wallpaper, we've seen our fair share of home horror stories that make the hair on our necks stand straight ...