Late frosts and brutal windstorms so far have been the main contributors forcing the replant of nearly 13,000 acres of sugar beets in the Red River Valley, but now the springtail mite has joined the ...

A research team led by the University of Göttingen has shed new light on the importance of plant roots for belowground life, particularly in the tropics. Millions of small creatures toiling in a ...

Collembola found in nests of Mayaponera constricta and Neoponera inversa ants are recorded for the first time. Cyphoderus was the commonest springtail genus in nests of both ant host species. The ...

Springtails, mites, worms and plant life could help solve the mystery of Antarctica's glacial history according to new research. Scientists report that the evolutionary history of Antarctica's ...