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The spiders who came in from the cold
A sprawling study of spiders across northern Canada has turned up more than 100 species in provinces or territories where they had never before been recorded. The findings, by researchers from McGill University, provide a valuable new benchmark for monitoring biodiversity across Canada’s vast northern expanses. Using traps to sample 12 selected sites from Labrador to the Northwest Territories, McGill PhD student Sarah Loboda and Prof. Chris Buddle collected 23,000 adult spiders representing more than 300 species.
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Thirty-seven new spider species discovered in Queensland
Dozens of new creepy crawlies have been discovered on Queensland's Cooloola Coast in the space of one weekend, and scientists believe there are many more out there waiting to be found. The thought of 37 new spider species might send shivers down most people's spines, but for spider expert Robert Whyte, it is exciting.
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Spiders Have Exploded Over This Greek Town, Coating Everything in a 1,000-Foot Web
If you aren't fond of spiders, this scene will sound like a nightmare. A 300-metre-long (1,000-foot) field of spiderweb has sprung up in western Greece in the town of Aitoliko.
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A Nursery Rhyme Plagued a Woman For Months, And The Explanation Is Fantastic
When darkness fell, the child began to sing. Almost every evening, the shrill voice – somewhere distant and alone – would endlessly call out the same haunting nursery rhyme in the dead of night.
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Climate Change Makes Spiders Bigger—And That’s a Good Thing
High temperatures make arctic wolf spiders ditch their favorite food, indirectly helping the environment.
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Ballooning In Spiders: Scientists Prove That Arachnid ‘Flight’ Is Wind-Independent
It has been observed that spiders use silk to ‘float’ through the air. Even Charles Darwin noticed that many of these creatures could alight on the Beagle during its voyage, only to leave on their own accord later.This may be because spiders use the wind to perform their impressive wingless flights. However, spider-ballooning has also been observed on completely calm days. Therefore, the insects must be using a different kind of force or physical property to do so.
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Woman finds nearly 50 brown recluse spiders in her bedroom
A Brentwood woman is recovering after a brown recluse spider bit her several times. Angela Wright said she woke up with arm pain and noticed a couple bumps on her chest and arm, but didn't think much of it. She went to the doctor's office and was sent home with medication. Wright was rushed to the emergency room a couple days later after she described feeling like she was hallucinating.
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Spiders Can Fly Thousands of Miles With Electric Power
For the first time, scientists have empirically verified electricity’s role in the ballooning abilities of spiders.
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World's oldest-known spider dies
Not since the beloved spider of the classic kid's book Charlotte's Web died has an arachnid's demise caused such heartache. A spider named nicknamed Number 16 and believed to be the world's oldest, has passed away at the age of 43. The female Giaus Villosus, commonly known as a trapdoor spider, died while being observed in the wild for a long-term spider population study in Western Australia.
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let's help the human.
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How One of the Fastest Spinning Animals Catches Its Prey
A paper detailing the hunting technique of flattie spiders could be used for developing multi-legged robots in the future.
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This strange looking ‘pelican spider’ has a birdlike jaw—and a taste for other spiders
Spiders don’t often resemble birds, but pelican spiders—which use beaklike mouthparts to spear other arachnids—are a notable exception. The group of rice-size animals were first discovered in a 50-million-year-old slab of amber and were thought to be extinct until live pelican spiders were spotted in Madagascar in 1881. Only 19 species were known to occur on the African island, but that number has doubled with the discovery of 18 new species, researchers report today in ZooKeys.
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Madagascar's Ancient 'Pelican Spiders' Are As Striking As They Are Strange
New research offers an in-depth look at the island's fascinating spider scene
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Spiders On Drugs
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This Spider Wears Its Victims Like a Hat
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Tiny Australian rainbow peacock spiders may inspire new optical technologies
Even if you are arachnophobic, you probably have seen pictures or videos of Australian peacock spiders (Maratus spp.). These tiny spiders are only 1-5 mm long but are famous for their flamboyant courtship displays featuring diverse and intricate body colorations, patterns, and movements.
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Itsy Bitsy Spider: Fear of spiders and snakes is deeply embedded in us
Snakes and spiders evoke fear and disgust in many people. Even in developed countries lots of people are frightened of these animals although hardly anybody comes into contact with them. Until now, there has been debate about whether this aversion is innate or learnt. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig and the Uppsala University have recently discovered that it is hereditary...
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Peppa Pig 'spiders can't hurt you' episode pulled off air in Australia – again
A controversial episode of Peppa Pig has been pulled off the air in Australia for a second time, after complaints it told children to pick up and play with dangerous spiders. Mister Skinny Legs, a 2004 episode of the popular children’s show, was removed from online publication by the national public broadcaster, the ABC, in 2012 for sending the “inappropriate” message that spiders were friendly and not to be feared.
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Scientists have spiders producing enhanced web that can hold a human
Parachutes could one day soon be made out of spider webs, according to researchers in Italy and the UK. The silk spun by spiders combines great strength with lightness and flexibility, as any flying insect will testify, but scaling those qualities up to where webs can hold humans has until recently seemed fanciful.
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Scientists have spiders producing enhanced web that can hold a human
Scientists have found a way to make spider silk five times stronger.
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