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Getting rid of fleas is no easy task. While they can’t fly, these tiny pests can live for a long time (up to a year) and leap several inches in one bound. And seeing that females can lay up to ...

Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018. Before joining the staff, she worked as a freelance editor and writer, a writer at the Simons Foundation, and a web producer at Science News, among other ...