Springtails are those small hexapod invertebrates that are known to spring at the hint of foreign movement, thus acquiring their unique name. Though they form an active part of the soil food web by ...

Springtails are those small hexapod invertebrates that are known to spring at the hint of foreign movement, thus acquiring their unique name. Though they form an active part of the soil food web by ...

Springtails are about the size of a pinhead, but they can control their jumps like seasoned acrobats. By Oliver Whang Among the wonders of the natural world that few people have ever noticed: a ...

Although springtails can number in the thousands in and around homes and gardens, homeowners know little about springtails because they are very small and secretive. Springtails are common insects.

For some plants, a nitrogen-rich diet from dead matter in soil just isn’t enough. Researchers from the University of Guelph in Ontario are discovering that these plants also rob nitrogen from the ...

I was about 10 years old the first time I discovered snow fleas, or what are really called springtails. The large pile of wet snow underneath the old oak tree in our yard was perfect for making ...

ALTOONA, Penn.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Juniata Valley Audubon Society filed a petition today seeking Endangered Species Act protection for Pennsylvania’s Heller Cave springtail, a ...