With the cold, wet weather across Metro Detroit, some residents have noticed tiny black bugs jumping around on snow and ...

This plant is the Spiked Pepper or Matico (Piper Aduncum). It is a relative of the plant that produces the peppercorns used ...

A good class pet is active during the school day, comfortable with the average temperature and humidity in the building, and ...

These tiny bouncing specks you see hopping across the snow are springtails, ancient little arthropods that have been around ...

Springtails, an ancient arthropod, are commonly found in snow at this time of year. Here's what gave them the nickname, "snow ...

Finding these fossils was an 'incredibly exciting moment,' according to paleobiologist Xavier Delclòs.

While technically called springtails, snow fleas ( Hypogastruna nivicola) are a springtail species active during winter. Snow ...

In virtually every piece of land on Earth—from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 meters ...

Researchers at Thaksin University have identified a previously unknown cave-dwelling springtail, marking a significant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

New research from Virginia Tech University shows that small insects called springtails (Collembola species) help farmers fight herbicide-resistant weed species in the soil. These tiny wingless insects ...