What can you see at the beach? Sunsets, crashing waves, shells, sea turtles… and fleas. And some of these sand fleas aren’t so harmless; outside of the U.S., one such insect is responsible for disease ...

Tungiasis, the skin condition caused by the parasitic Tungapenetrans flea, can cause several different symptoms in a patient who has been bitten. The tunga flea is found on sandy beaches, rainforests, ...

A siphonapterist (flea expert) is among the most fortunate of all scientists: his prey is both abundant and varied. Recently the Iowa State College Press published a handsome book (Fleas of Western ...