If you’ve ever left the beach with a stinging or itching sensation, you may have received a sand flea bite. While humans aren’t actually the preferred food source for sand fleas—decaying organic ...

Among those in the know, most local anglers trace the lack of sand fleas to a nasty nor’easter that pummeled our shores in November of 2021. Most, not all. More on that shortly. The sand flea — a ...

Fleas perform an amazing feat when they jump, and the mechanics behind the tiny, bloodsucking pests' acrobatics have been studied -- and debated -- for a long time. But new research may have settled ...