Fleas perform an amazing feat when they jump, and the mechanics behind the tiny, bloodsucking pests' acrobatics have been studied -- and debated -- for a long time. But new research may have settled ...

If you thought that we know everything about how the flea jumps, think again. In 1967, Henry Bennet-Clark discovered that fleas store the energy needed to catapult themselves into the air in an ...

They’re tiny. They get lots of air while jumping. They come in such large numbers that they may even make snow appear black. But experts say snow fleas emerging during winter months have one goal, and ...

Fleas are pesky little biters, only 1⁄16 to 1⁄8 inch long, in the insect order Siphonaptera. That translates into English roughly as little bloodsuckers that drink through a tube (siphon) and that ...

What can you see at the beach? Sunsets, crashing waves, shells, sea turtles… and fleas. And some of these sand fleas aren’t so harmless; outside of the U.S., one such insect is responsible for disease ...

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Snowy conditions and cold weather could reveal springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter. The tiny "bugs" are known for their haphazard jumping, which has earned ...