You’ve got a little sunshine overhead, the crunch of snow underfoot ... and fleas jumping around your boots? Welcome to snow flea season. These primitive little bugs, commonly known as ...

Clark, who has died aged 90, was a zoologist of invertebrates and dedicated teacher who solved two great puzzles in insect ...

Fleas are tiny, wingless insects, feeding primarily on the blood of mammals and birds. They are notorious for their ability ...

Don’t try to squish them – fleas jump quickly and can be hard to kill by hand. If you spot any fleas on your pup, be sure to ...

The legs are relatively long, the hind ones with especially large coxae to enable jumping, and the five-segmented tarsi have prehensile claws. The adult flea is highly adept at jumping, facilitated by ...

Henry Bennet-Clark, who has died aged 90, was a zoologist of invertebrates and dedicated teacher who solved two great puzzles in insect biology: how fleas jump and how cicadas belt out songs so ...