Tulare County’s gray wolves, collectively known as the Yowlumni pack, are a family that was counted by the California ...

This story appears in the February 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. Currently two species of face mites are known; at least one of them appear to be present on all adult humans.

On a recent drive back from Denver International Airport, I saw a coyote running through a prairie-dog town. It was the fifth coyote I saw that morning between Estes Park and Denver, but this one ...

Sarcoptic mange is caused by a parasitic mite and is highly contagious to humans. The mites are unable to complete their life cycle on humans, but they can cause people to suffer from severe itching.