New high-speed footage and microCT scans reveal how globular springtails, tiny hexapods living in leaf litter, achieve the ...

Scientists have long assumed that springtails—teeny-tiny insect-like creatures found all over the world—fling themselves into the air at random to flee predators and other dangers. To the naked eye, ...

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 ...

This month, researchers in Japan have announced the discovery of four new species of springtails, insect-like bugs that jump away from danger with their tails. Reading time 2 minutes Scientists in ...

Springtails are about the size of a pinhead, but they can control their jumps like seasoned acrobats. By Oliver Whang Among the wonders of the natural world that few people have ever noticed: a ...

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 ...