I've seen a lot of crazy things in my time. Edible socks, for one. Not sexy, by the way. But the craziest things of all can only be seen with the help of a powerful microscope. I'm talking about ...

Is it true that there are little bugs living in our eyelashes? Most of us have tiny bugs living on our faces, including in ...

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.

While many harmless species of mites live in our homes and on our bodies, there are a few types that could wreak havoc on your health.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: For some bug babies, your body is home sweet home. Human botfly larvae, for example, burrow under your skin, forming a pus-filled pimple.

MICHAEL SMITH: Flesh eating, bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico? Well, it's technically not flesh, eating, and thankfully, rare. But it's still a scary story. The bacteria vibrio, vulnificus can kill ...

Slimy, scary, "the size of a Buick" — we use a lot of terms to describe bugs, but "yummy" isn't usually one of them. We associate insect ingestion with reality television shows like Fear Factor ...

Do you know what chigger bites look like? The tiny mites — also called berry bugs — may leave behind small, itchy red bumps. While it's easy to confuse chigger bites for other types of insect ...