Hidden Spider Species Uncovered in Georgia After 150-Year-Old Naming Mistake
A new spiny-legged sac spider species from Georgia was first detected through DNA barcoding, prompting the resurrection of a genus ...
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Ant-Eating Spiders That Live in Treetops Puzzle Scientists With Huge African Distributions
A revision of Afrotropical Asceua spiders doubles the known African species from two to eight and reveals canopy-dwelling behaviour that ...
Mapping the gaps: South Africa’s spider records reveal deep sampling bias
A new analysis of 121,605 spider records from seven South African collections quantifies sampling bias and knowledge gaps across spatial ...
New spider species Chumma foordi discovered in South Africa’s Kirstenbosch garden
A new species of the spider genus Chumma, C. foordi, is described from Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in the Western Cape, ...
Termite Mounds Act as Tiny Ecological Islands for Spiders and Springtails
A South African field study of 24 termite mounds reveals that active and abandoned harvester termite nests function as ecological ...
Spiders Reveal a Hidden Trade-Off in Ghana’s Twenty-Year Forest Restoration
A twenty-year study of ground-hunting spiders in Ghana shows that active forest restoration boosts spider activity density above natural forest ...
Four new genera of dark sac spiders revealed in southern Africa
A new study in African Invertebrates describes four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa, bringing the Afrotropical ...
New Happy-Face Spider With 32 Colour Morphs Discovered in the Himalayas
A new polymorphic spider from the Western Himalayas bears a smiling-face pattern like the Hawaiian Happy-Face Spider, with 32 colour ...
Spiders as superhosts and secondary kleptoparasites
Kleptoparasitism, broadly defined, is the theft of extrinsic resources resulting in potential cost to the host.
Silk Blueprints Reveal How Australia’s Deadliest Spiders Balance Hunting and Hiding
The world's most venomous spiders have been quietly keeping a secret, and it is woven from silk. A new field ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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