A common farm pest appears to have leapfrogged over the flea to claim the unofficial title as the world's best jumper. British researchers say experiments show the spittle bug -- a tiny, green insect ...

Spring is here, and with it, the start of flea season. With the warming weather, people and their pets are spending more time outside — which increases the chances of bringing home a hungry “itch ...

Yikes! You just spotted a questionable bug in your home. One minute, it looks like a bed bug. The next, it resembles a flea. Now you're not sure what it is anymore. Both pests are tiny, eat blood, ...

Fleas perform an amazing feat when they jump, and the mechanics behind the tiny, bloodsucking pests' acrobatics have been studied -- and debated -- for a long time. But new research may have settled ...

The fascinating and highly efficient jumping mechanism in flea beetles is described in a new research article in the open-access journal Zookeys. Despite having been known since 1929, the explosive ...