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Spider Silk Can Be Stretchy Like Springs Or Like Rubber
May 31, 2008 — Spider silks are incredibly stretchy, but are they stretchy like elastic or springs? The answer lies in their amino acid content. Spider silks are made from proteins, and biologists have just ... > full story -
Mice Mothers Devote Energies To Offspring When Life Is Threatened
May 28, 2008 — Sick female deer mice devote their energy to producing healthier offspring. Deer mice offspring of infected mothers were bigger, meaning they are more likely to survive and reproduce. This finding ... > full story -
Family Feuds: Why Close Relatives Keep Their Distance In The Animal Kingdom
May 27, 2008 — Mammals cannot share their habitat with closely related species because the need for the same kind of food and shelter would lead them to compete to the death, according to new ... > full story -
Ponderosa Pine Forests Need Thinning Or Controlled Burns To Keep Old-Growth Characteristics
May 16, 2008 — Preliminary findings in one of the first landscape-scale experiments on how forest management affects western Ponderosa pine ecosystems have been completed. The results suggests that in the absence ... > full story -
Biologists Names New Spider After Neil Young
May 8, 2008 — A biologist has brought his admiration of Neil Young to a whole new class. Or species, to be exact. A professor of biology has named a newly discovered trapdoor spider, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, ... > full story -
Female Jumping Spiders Find Ultraviolet B Rays 'Sexy'
May 1, 2008 — Scientists have found the first evidence of an animal using ultraviolet B (UVB) rays to communicate with other members of its species. In a series of mate choice experiments with the Chinese jumping ... > full story -
Mercury In River Moves Into Terrestrial Food Chain Through Spiders Fed To Baby Birds
April 17, 2008 — Songbirds feeding near the contaminated South River are showing high levels of mercury, even though they aren't eating food from the river itself, according to a new article in Science. Mercury is ... > full story -
Lingering Bacteria Don't Indicate Chronic Lyme Disease
April 1, 2008 — The bacteria that cause Lyme disease can linger in mouse tissues long after a full round of antibiotic treatment is completed. The scientists caution that the discovery does not suggest the presence ... > full story -
Living Upside-Down Shapes Spiders For Energy Saving
March 25, 2008 — Consider the possible effects of the peculiar lifestyle of numerous spider species, which live, feed, breed and "walk" in an upside-down hanging position. According to new research, such ... > full story -
Unlocking The Psychology Of Snake And Spider Phobias
March 20, 2008 — Researchers have unlocked new evidence that could help them get to the bottom of our most common phobias and their causes. Hundreds of thousands of people count snakes and spiders among their fears, ... > full story
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