Though sand flies, or “no-see-ums,” are notoriously difficult to spot, it’s possible to get rid of these tiny nuisances using ...

There are over 4,000 different species of no-see-ums, or biting midges as they are also known, so it's likely that they have ...

No-see-ums are causing quite a buzz on Sanibel Island and across Southwest Florida. These tiny, biting midges are leaving locals and tourists alike scratching and swatting. "They attack us pretty ...

No-see-ums are so small, they can get through 16 mesh. For any screened in area you may have, upgrade your screen and use a smaller grade mesh to prevent any potential entry. Advertisement ...

This is a genuine image of a cross section of grass leaf under a microscope. No part of the leaf is "smiling" in any literal sense, of course, but the round features known as "vascular bundles" do ...

Scanning probe microscopes produce images based not on light, but on electron density and charge. Scientists are producing incredible images of tinyness heretofore visible only by means of an ...

When you get bit, this is only by female no-see-ums as they use the blood to nourish their eggs, which can be well into the hundreds within a single batch.

This year marks Nikon’s 49th Small World Photomicrography competition, which recognizes excellence in photography through the microscope ...

Professor Bernardo Cesare from Italy has taken microscopic images of plastic bags (shown). By cutting up bags into little pieces he revealed an amazing array of colours in the objects.

With fluorescent dye, biologist Tagide deCarvalho beautifully illuminated the insides of a tardigrade. Tagide deCarvalho / Olympus Global Image of the Year Tardigrades—eight-legged, microscopic ...