The ice reaches a maximum thickness of 8 to 10 inches by June. Keep an eye out for the wingless insect called the springtail. This bug is a relic of the Ice Age and is found nowhere else in Iowa.

The specimens were collected during the rainy season. The climate of the area is "As" following Koeppen's system, with two distinct seasons: a dry summer and a wet winter (Kottek et al. 2006).

When a mantis shrimp uses shock waves to strike and kill its prey, how does it prevent those shock waves from damaging its own tissues? Researchers at Northwestern University in the US have answered ...

raspberry-coloured springtail about to eat a ballooning slime mold. It might sound gross, but the springtail eating the mold and excreting it is a great example of microorganisms hard at work to ...

“It seemed natural to try to explore the use of a similar mechanism, along with insights from springtail jumps, for small jumping robots,” said Wood, in a statement. The lightweight, palm ...

You may not know what a springtail is but man, those little things can jump! Scientists have now copied the creatures' jumping mechanism in a small robot that could one day explore places that ...

When released, it snaps against the ground in as little as 20 milliseconds, flipping the springtail up to 6 cm into the air and 10 cm horizontally. Researchers at the Harvard John A Paulson School of ...

Wood's team previously created a mantis shrimp-inspired punching robot. "It seemed natural to try to explore the use of a similar mechanism, along with insights from springtail jumps, for small ...

Researchers unveiled their springtail-inspired design in the latest issue of Science Robotics. Springtails, often overlooked inhabitants of leaf litter and garden soil, possess a unique appendage ...

Now, HAMR is outfitted with a robotic furcula -- the forked, tail-like appendage tucked under a springtail's body that it pushes off the ground to send it Simone Biles-ing into the air.

“It seemed natural to try to explore the use of a similar mechanism, along with insights from springtail jumps, for small jumping robots,” Wood said. The springtail’s furcula is also ...

Now, HAMR is outfitted with a robotic furcula—the forked, tail-like appendage tucked under a springtail's body that it pushes off the ground to send it into the air. "Springtails are interesting as ...