Life for the common water flea Daphnia must be tough. As a favorite meal choice for aquatic predators, they may need to make some creative morphological or behavioral changes for survival. By ...

Daphnia, also known as the water flea, is a small freshwater crustacean known for its sensitivity to pollution. To date, the ...

For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school. The organism is often used for science experiments exploring water toxicity, because of its sensitivity to ...

Imagine a creature that can grow its own spear and helmet when threatened by an attacker. It sounds like fiction, but it's true. And now, researchers have sequenced the 200 million letters of DNA that ...

Flourishing in spectacular numbers in lakes and ponds around the world, tiny creatures known as Daphnia play an essential role in freshwater ecology. Daphnia, a type of planktonic crustacean, are the ...

From a human perspective, the clear, calm waters of Michigan's lakes -- surrounded by trees, filled with fish, reflecting the sky -- could hardly be more peaceful. For the tiny critters below the ...