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This Camouflaging Spider Will Make You Forever Suspicious of Dead Leaves
Researchers suspect the spiders might use the resemblance to hide from prey or predators. By Kayleigh Rogers.
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The Ugandan Dictator and the Louisiana Crayfish
The surprising story of how Gulf Coast crustaceans and South Asian spices birthed a tasty new cuisine—and an economic success—along a lake in the heart of Africa. By Trina Moyles. (Apr. 28, 2016)
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The Battle Over the Sea-Monkey Fortune
A former 1960s bondage-film actress is waging legal combat with a toy company for ownership of her husband’s mail-order aquatic-pet empire. By Jack Hitt.
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Involuntary Bioslaughter and Why a Spider is Dead
“Hey, where is the spider post?”, you may be asking if you arrived at this page by following one of the thousands of links that sprung up overnight in the online media and social circuits. In the fine tradition of online publishing I took the liberty of pulling a “bait-and-click” switcheroo, and turning the hysteria surrounding the Goliath birdeater’s story into a teaching opportunity... By Piotr Naskrecki.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: This Isn’t a Spider, But It Does Have Genitals in Its Legs
Sea spiders have such tiny abdomens that their guts and genitals are in their legs.
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How spiders create the sounds of love
Purring spiders use leaves as microphones and speakers to transmit their purring courtship song to a female, scientists find.
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Surprise: Jumping Spiders Can See More Colors Than You Can
Some species of jumping spiders use filters in their eyes to see colors like red and orange—an unexpected discovery.
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