Dec 23, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Fleas are not a separate insect order, as previously thought, and are a lineage of scorpionflies, which evolved when they started feeding on the blood...

Sep 30, 2015 by News Staff

Dr George Poinar Jr. of Oregon State University has found a fossilized flea carrying ancient coccobacillus bacteria. The discovery was announced in the...

May 2, 2012 by James Freeman

Chinese scientists have discovered fossils of remarkable giant flea-like animals that lived millions years ago in what is now China. An artist’s impression...