It has long been suspected that spiders are one of the most important groups of predators of insects. Zoologists at the University of Basel and Lund University in Sweden have now shown just how true this is - spiders kill ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 14, 2017
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Spiders will live in groups if environmental conditions make it too difficult for single mothers to go it alone, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2017
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A 10-year-old Australian boy has survived a bite from one of the world's deadliest spiders after taking a record 12 vials of anti-venom, local media reported.
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2017
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Brown recluse spiders use a unique micro looping technique to make their threads stronger than that of any other spider, a newly published UK-US collaboration has discovered.
Materials Science
Feb 15, 2017
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Our muscles are amazing structures. With the trigger of a thought, muscle filaments slide past each other and bundles of contracting fibers pull on the bones moving our bodies. The triggered stretching behavior of muscle ...
Materials Science
Jan 31, 2017
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While most arachnophiles will likely find tiny spider dancers who can "swagger like Jagger" entertaining, it's more than the dance that captures the fascination of one NSF-funded University of Cincinnati researcher.
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Jan 25, 2017
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Supple, light and biodegradable but stronger than steel: researchers said Monday they have succeeded in producing synthetic spider silk, one of nature's strongest materials.
Biochemistry
Jan 9, 2017
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A chance meeting between a spider expert and a chemist has led to the development of antibiotic synthetic spider silk.
Materials Science
Jan 4, 2017
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Indian scientists have discovered a new species of spider that looks "uncannily" like the sorting hat in Harry Potter and have named it after its owner Godric Gryffindor, they said Thursday.
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2016
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Recent surveys by Australian scientists have identified an apparent significant decline in the numbers of trapdoor spiders across southern Australia
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2016
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