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 ...

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

Welcome to our weekly podcast with longtime Anchorage Daily News garden writer and author Jeff Lowenfels and co-host Jonathan White. It’s a companion to Jeff’s weekly ADN gardening columns and his ...

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

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 ...

More than 400 million years ago, an insect-like animal called the springtail developed a small protein that prevents its cells from freezing. The globe was hot and humid. The sea was teeming with life ...