Management practices of arable systems determine the distribution of soil organic matter thereby changing decomposer animal activity and their impact on nutrient mineralization, plant growth and plant ...

Scientists looking for animals in Hungary found brightly colored collembola and discovered a new springtail species. Winkler D, Sternalski J, Ónodi G, Szigeti N, Florián N, Dányi L via ZooKeys A tiny ...

The 4 species Thalassaphorura encarpata (Denis, 1931), Thalassaphorura lifouensis (Thibaud & Weiner, 1997), Thalassaphorura biquaternata sp. nov., and Allonychiurus shandongensis sp. nov. were ...

Aug. 2, 2004 -- The arthropod Collembola (Springtails) is a common factor in patients originally diagnosed with delusory parasitosis, according to the results of a case-controlled study published in ...

Reproductive plasticity -- the ability of individuals to modify their reproduction and the characteristics of their progeny according to environmental or social conditions -- is a crucial factor in ...

It’s not just panic and chance. Some of nature’s extreme self-launchers, the springtails, turn out to be much more acrobatic than scientists thought. Springtails, poppy seed–sized cousins of insects, ...

Most people have probably never heard of “Collembola”, but I reckon they are the most important critter on the planet as their “job” is often simply recycling. Your garden wouldn’t stand a chance ...

Researchers discovered two new colorful species in Brazil, according to a new study. This photo is representative of a forest in Brazil. Photo by Ronaldo de Oliveira on Unsplash A minuscule creature ...

GAINESVILLE -- Ten University of Florida students are hunched over on a dark forest path that is all puddles and mud. Snatching globs of dirt from underneath dead logs, the students drop the findings ...