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Feb. 21, 2023 —Scientists have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a pygmy shrew, a species of tiny mammal protected in Ireland. The pygmy shrew -- a protected mammal -- was captured ...
Oct. 5, 2021 —As far back as ancient Rome, spider silk has been used as a remedy to treat everything from skin lesions to warts. In the past, doctors have covered open wounds in cobwebs or advised patients to ...
June 28, 2021 —There are spiders that eat snakes. Observations of snake-eating spiders have been reported around the world. Researchers consolidated and analyzed over 300 reports of this unusual predation ...
May 9, 2022 —A tropical spider species uses a 'film' of air to hide underwater from predators for as long as 30 minutes, according to new ...
Nov. 30, 2020 —Researchers report on a new model for spider silk assembly. The key to spider silk 'spinning' is a combination of acidification and a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation, or ...
Mar. 13, 2023 —Black widow spiders have earned a fearsome reputation for their venomous bite. But in parts of the southern United States these spiders have much to fear themselves -- from spider relatives who ...
Sep. 16, 2020 —During a research stay in the highlands of Colombia conducted as part of her doctorate, a PhD student has discovered and zoologically described a new species of ...
Oct. 18, 2022 —New research has identified how social spiders evolved different ways of hunting in groups. While these spiders have evolved socially similar behaviors -- living in large family groups that share ...
5月17日2023 —A species of tiny, colorful jumping spider employs two lines of defense to avoid being eaten: camouflaging with plants and walking like an ant. Researchers report that this combination of camouflage ...
July 8, 2020 —A research team in Japan reported that they succeeded in producing the spider silk -- ultra-lightweight, though, biodegradable and biocompatible material -- using photosynthetic bacteria. This study ...