The genes of ants held center stage in the world of science a week ago, and now it's the genes of water fleas, those tiny shrimp-like critters whose living bodies have long served as sentinels to ...

Facing the Green Threat: A Water Flea’s Defenses against a Carnivorous Plant. International Journal of Molecular Sciences , 2022; 23 (12): 6474 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126474 Cite This Page : ...

Water fleas are masters of adaptation. Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and the Technical University of Darmstadt have discovered that they ...

Hosts and their parasites are in constant competition. Through genetic diversity, the host can change in such a way that infection is no longer possible. However, the parasite adapts quickly—and the ...

The spiny flea, USGS states on its website, "has caused major changes in the zooplankton community structure." Damage done? The water flea, distinguished by its barbed tail, has plied the Great ...

Nanoparticles pose greater danger to small animals than previously thought, water flea study suggests. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 11 ...

The water flea was the first crustacean to have its genome sequenced back in 2011 (by the way, the organism has more genes that us humans), and the creature has been crucial to biologists ...

In my footage, the dragonfly larva can be seen patiently waiting in the water until a water flea ventures close enough. Then, the strike: the mask shoots out in a fraction of a second, secures the ...

Now, a team of researchers in Canada have used eRNA to identify signs of heat stress in water fleas, they report in a preprint posted November 18 on bioRxiv. It’s one of the first studies to use eRNA ...

An invasive species has been found in New Hampshire waters. According to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, biologists have found a new aquatic flea in Lake Winnipesaukee.

In the summer of 2023, strange things happened to the tiny creatures that swim and float in the Chicago River. One type of water flea, Chydoridae, basically disappeared from the South Side stretch ...