A previously unknown genus of tiny insect-like springtails has been discovered in China, revealing hidden biodiversity ...

These tiny creatures are attracted to moisture.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snowy conditions and cold weather could reveal springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter.

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You may have been impressed by the gymnastics on display in Paris this summer, but a common backyard bug can top anything on display at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena. At least, that's according to a ...

From water and trees, to fall leaf litter and the snows of winter, springtails are some of the most abundant and acrobatic arthropods on Earth. “They’re really common soil animals that live and sort ...

These tiny black bugs are springtails, known colloquially as snow fleas and scientifically as Collembola, according to Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) Associate Scientist Gale Ridge ...

Despite what you might say when drunk, you’re not the best backflipper in the world. That honor belongs to a tiny little bug called a globular springtail, whose superfast backflips have now been ...

You may have noticed some tiny bugs jumping around in all the snow we've had - they are called snow fleas or springtails.