Fossorial locomotion is often considered as the most energetically costly of all terrestrial locomotion. Small arctic rodents, such lemmings, dig tunnels not only in soil but also through snowpack, which present for over 8 months year. Lemmings typically softest snow layer called depth hoar with climate change, melt-freeze and rain-on-snow (ROS) events are expected to increase Arctic, leading a...

Rodents and insectivores are key components in terrestrial ecosystems [...]

the poultry red mite, dermanyssus gallinae is one of the most economically important ectoparasites in hens and some species of mammals worldwide. cases of human infestation have been reported worldwide. in this study we report infestation in three members of a family referred with pruritus and allergic dermatitis rash. they have collected very small animals and carried them to the laboratory wh...