When the water flea senses predators in its environment, it suits up, growing tail spines, a pointy helmet and other armor. Now, researchers have sequenced the genome of the water flea, providing ...
AN INVASIVE SPECIES HAS BEEN FOUND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WATERS. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SAYS BIOLOGIST HAVE FOUND A NEW AQUATIC FLEA IN LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. BIOLOGISTS FOUND THE ...
July 14 (UPI) --When faced with the threat of predation, animals adapt surprisingly fast. According to a new study, water fleas can enact evolutionary changes within just two generations. Scientists ...
Two decades after first invading Island Lake Reservoir north of Duluth, spiny water fleas have muscled their way ahead of native species and signaled that they are here to stay. The European ...
The water flea species Daphnia pulex is barely more than a millimeter long, is completely translucent, has no clear divisions between their various body parts…and has the largest genome of any animal ...
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 ...
The spiny water flea was discovered in Lake Winnipesaukee in September, marking the first time the aquatic invasive species has ever been detected in the Granite State, officials announced Friday.
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