Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes ...

It is hypothesized that the ancestors of terrestrial insects initially fed on algae that advanced onto land simultaneously. Jumping bristletails retained many primitive traits, such as their ...

and fleas jumping around your boots? Welcome to snow flea season. These primitive little bugs, commonly known as springtails, aren’t really fleas at all, so don’t worry if you see them hopping ...