Two new springtail species from Colombia's eastern Andes, described through meticulous bristle-pattern analysis, reveal ...

A new species of eyeless springtail, Oncopodura moghanensis, has been described from a water pool in the deepest chamber of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A springtail bug close up Springtail bugs are some of the most irritating bugs to try and get rid of as they jump and dash when we ...

May 4, 2009 Last week we reported on the two-seater Hummel helicopter concept and mentioned that it looked very similar to the SoloTrek XFV (Exo-skeletal Flying Vehicle) backpack helicopter flown in ...

These small studs, arranged in grids and honeycombs, look completely unnatural. If the image was life-sized, you might think that they’re part of a bizarre children’s toy. If they had been ...

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 the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s something about zooming in on the life of bugs that’s so otherworldly. The springtail bug, for example, is a ...