Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snowy conditions and cold weather could reveal springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snow piles up in the Island Beach parking lot after being plowed in Greenwich in a file photo. (Tyler Sizemore / Hearst ...

Michigan's wet, cold weather is revealing springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter. The tiny "bugs" are known for their haphazard jumping, which has earned them ...

As the days become warmer, you may notice some tiny little black specks among the top of melting snow piles. But what looks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They’re tiny. They get lots of air while jumping. They come in such large numbers that they may even make snow appear black. But ...

Fleas are pesky little biters, only 1⁄16 to 1⁄8 inch long, in the insect order Siphonaptera. That translates into English roughly as little bloodsuckers that drink through a tube (siphon) and that ...

DEAR HELOISE: I have a problem with fleas in my carpets due to my three dogs. I use flea control on the dogs, and that helps somewhat. But every spring, I can feel fleas jumping on my feet and legs.

Connecticut residents may notice tiny, jumping black bugs on piles of snow around the state after Sunday's snowfall. These tiny black bugs are springtails, known colloquially as snow fleas and ...

Dear Heloise: I have a problem with fleas in my carpets due to my three dogs. I use flea control on the dogs, and that helps somewhat. But every spring, I can feel fleas jumping on my feet and legs.