Gotta bounce: Some spiders catapult away after sex to avoid death
Sometimes there are pretty valid reasons for leaving right after sex.
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Five new species of Australian trapdoor spider that took scientists a century to tell apart
After a century of scientific confusion, we can now officially add five new species to Australia's long list of trapdoor spiders—secretive, burrowing relatives of tarantulas.
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Aug 11, 2021
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Spider silk is created by adding spider DNA to microbes
Did you know that female spiders can weave seven different types of silk? And that, by mimicking spiders, humans have learned to make a silken material that is almost as strong as spiderweb?
Biotechnology
Sep 18, 2019
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Pesticides: More toxic than previously thought?
Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed. A McGill research team reached this conclusion after looking at changes in the behaviour ...
Ecology
Aug 6, 2015
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We shouldn't fear the big, bad wolf spider
Longtime University of Cincinnati professor George Uetz studies how the environment influences the evolution of behavior through researching animal behavior and ecology. Uetz's research focuses on spiders, in particular wolf ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2014
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Feast or fancy? Black widows shake for love
(Phys.org) —A team of Simon Fraser University biologists has found that male black widow spiders shake their abdomens to produce carefully pitched vibrations that let females know they have "come a-courting" and are not ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2014
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Reversal of the black widow myth
The Black Widow spider gets its name from the popular belief that female spiders eat their male suitors after mating. However, a new study has shown that the tendency to consume a potential mate is also true of some types ...
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2013
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Team shows how female spiders play an active role in courtship
Single women aren't passive when it comes to the world of dating, and neither are female spiders, according to researchers at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa.
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Mar 20, 2015
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