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

Daphnia, a keystone genus of freshwater crustaceans, has emerged as a model for studying rapid evolutionary responses to environmental change. Research over the past decade has revealed that Daphnia ...

Daphnia, also known as water fleas, are artists of defense. When their predators live nearby, the water fleas change their body structure to make themselves more difficult to eat. Professor Linda ...

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 ...

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 ...