Dozens of spiny water fleas are entangled on a fishing line. The animals, which are smaller than a fingernail and invasive in the Northeast, are often transported between water bodies on fishing ...

ELY -- In an effort to keep out exotic spiny water fleas, Voyageurs National Park officials are considering banning live bait in the park's smaller lakes and ending float plane and boat visits to ...

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 ...

Spiny water fleas, another foreign species believed to have crossed the ocean in the ballast of saltwater ships, has been confirmed in Shagawa Lake near Ely. The tiny creatures, which resemble a large ...

Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water fleas, copepods and fish. These microscopic algae also play a crucial role ...

Reporting in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers found that plastic microfibers can entangle some of the smallest aquatic creatures: water fleas. Plastic pollution can harm some of ...

Eggs are clearly visible in the healthy water flea of the species Daphnia magna on the left. The infected water flea of the same species on the right has been castrated by the parasite and is no ...

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.