By Mark Brown, Wired UK This tiny, near-microscopic water flea has more genes than you. In fact, this freshwater zooplankton is the first crustacean to have its genome sequenced, and its 31,000 ...

Tiny Water Flea Clocks In Record Number Of Genes It can grow a spear and a helmet when threatened, turn bright red when stressed, and has more genes than any animal studied so far.

The water flea species Daphnia pulex is barely more than a millimeter long, is completely translucent, has no clear divisions between their various body ...

Humans like to think of themselves as residing at the top of the evolutionary chain, but the tiny water flea beats them out by at least one measure — the size of its genome. The creature, which ...

Tiny water flea's promising role: environmental monitor. When the water flea senses predators in its environment, it suits up, growing tail spines, a pointy helmet and other armor.

Invasive species cause some $120 billion in damages across North America yearly – and that’s just direct costs. A study of one species in one Wisconsin lake indicates the real toll is much higher.

When the water flea senses predators in its environment, it suits up, growing tail spines, a pointy helmet and other armor. Now, researchers have sequenced the genome of the water flea, providing ...