Spiders Devour Prey Courtesy of Silk Route Hearing
It is common knowledge that spiders capture prey via carefully crafted silk webs. Researchers at The Universities of Oxford, Strathclyde and Sheffield, recently conducted a study on how the spider...
View ArticleSpiders That Eat Fish More Common Than Previously Thought
Spiders that catch and eat fish exist on every continent of Earth, except for Antarctica, making them more common than was previously thought. Though spiders have traditionally been thought of as...
View ArticleNew Spider Study Shows Personality Decides Their Jobs
A new study done at the University of Pittsburgh has found that there is a social species of spider that seems to utilize personality traits, rather than physical attributes like size, in order to...
View ArticleMichigan Woman Ends up Dying After Being Bitten by Brown Recluse Spider
Medical professionals are stating that it was an ‘unusual death’; a fit Michigan woman, age 58, ended up dying after being bitten by a brown recluse spider. Betty Ann Strickland arrived at her home at...
View ArticleVenomous Spiders Force Family out of House
Thousands of venomous spiders forced a Missouri family out of their suburban St. Louis house when the creatures started coming out of the walls and dropping from the ceiling. Brian and Susan Trost...
View ArticleSpiders Found That Can Trap Prey Using Electrically Charged Webs
A common type of spider has been discovered to have the ability to trap and subdue its prey using electrically charged silk webs. The spider, Uloboros plumipes, better known as the “garden center...
View ArticleChronic Pain Combated With Spider Venom?
Could spider venom combat pain and lead to a more effective treatment for the over 100 million Americans who suffer from chronic pain? According to scientists, chronic pain relief is a definite...
View ArticleSpiders and Webs Plus Bullets
Scientists in Italy have found a way to make the Daddy Long Legs spin a web that is much stronger, possibly being able to stop bullets. At the University of Trento, scientists experimented with these...
View ArticleSpiders Trigger Australia Apocalypse?
For the unsuspecting residents of the Australian Southern Tablelands, the sudden downpour, not of rains, but of spiders (arachnids) must have triggered fears of apocalyptic proportions in their minds....
View ArticleSea Spiders Have Acrobatic Sex With Their Legs
Sea spiders have always been shrouded in a bit of a mystery in the scientific world. Technically, sea spiders are not spiders at all, considering they breath underwater by trapping air around its...
View ArticleSpiders Devour Prey Courtesy of Silk Route Hearing
It is common knowledge that spiders capture prey via carefully crafted silk webs. Researchers at The Universities of Oxford, Strathclyde and Sheffield, recently conducted a study on how the spider...
View ArticleSpiders That Eat Fish More Common Than Previously Thought
Spiders that catch and eat fish exist on every continent of Earth, except for Antarctica, making them more common than was previously thought. Though spiders have traditionally been thought of as...
View ArticleNew Spider Study Shows Personality Decides Their Jobs
A new study done at the University of Pittsburgh has found that there is a social species of spider that seems to utilize personality traits, rather than physical attributes like size, in order to...
View ArticleMichigan Woman Ends up Dying After Being Bitten by Brown Recluse Spider
Medical professionals are stating that it was an ‘unusual death’; a fit Michigan woman, age 58, ended up dying after being bitten by a brown recluse spider. Betty Ann Strickland arrived at her home at...
View ArticleVenomous Spiders Force Family out of House
Thousands of venomous spiders forced a Missouri family out of their suburban St. Louis house when the creatures started coming out of the walls and dropping from the ceiling. Brian and Susan Trost...
View ArticleSpiders Found That Can Trap Prey Using Electrically Charged Webs
A common type of spider has been discovered to have the ability to trap and subdue its prey using electrically charged silk webs. The spider, Uloboros plumipes, better known as the “garden center...
View ArticleChronic Pain Combated With Spider Venom?
Could spider venom combat pain and lead to a more effective treatment for the over 100 million Americans who suffer from chronic pain? According to scientists, chronic pain relief is a definite...
View ArticleSpiders and Webs Plus Bullets
Scientists in Italy have found a way to make the Daddy Long Legs spin a web that is much stronger, possibly being able to stop bullets. At the University of Trento, scientists experimented with these...
View ArticleSpiders Trigger Australia Apocalypse?
For the unsuspecting residents of the Australian Southern Tablelands, the sudden downpour, not of rains, but of spiders (arachnids) must have triggered fears of apocalyptic proportions in their minds....
View ArticleSea Spiders Have Acrobatic Sex With Their Legs
Sea spiders have always been shrouded in a bit of a mystery in the scientific world. Technically, sea spiders are not spiders at all, considering they breath underwater by trapping air around its...
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