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Whole New Meaning for Thinking on Your Feet: Brains of Small Spiders Overflow Into Legs
December 12, 2011 — Researchers report that the brains of tiny spiders may fill their body cavities and overflow into their legs. As part of research to understand how miniaturization affects brain size and behavior, ... > full story -
Patterns Seen in Spider Silk and Melodies Connected
December 8, 2011 — Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers have created a scientifically rigorous analogy showing the similarities between the physical structure of spider silk and the sonic structure of a ... > full story -
New Tick-Borne Disease Discovered in Sweden
December 6, 2011 — Researchers have discovered a brand new tick-borne infection. Since the discovery, eight cases have been described around the world, three of them in ... > full story -
Spiders, Webs and Insects: A New Perspective on Evolutionary History
November 24, 2011 — The orb web, typical of a large number of spider species, has a single evolutionary origin, according to molecular phylogenetic research. The study presents the hypothesis that the diversification of ... > full story -
Big Pest, Small Genome: Two-Spotted Spider Mite Genome Decoded
November 23, 2011 — Biologists have decoded the genetic blueprint of the two-spotted spider mite, raising hope for new ways to attack the major pest, which resists pesticides and destroys crops and ornamental plants ... > full story -
Hi-Tech Scans Catch Prehistoric Mite Hitching Ride on Spider
November 8, 2011 — Scientists have produced amazing three-dimensional images of a prehistoric mite as it hitched a ride on the back of a 50-million-year-old spider. At just 176 micrometres long and barely visible to ... > full story -
Unknown Species and Larval Stages of Extremely Long-Legged Beetles Discovered by DNA Test
October 18, 2011 — The unknown larval stages and a new species of the curious spider water beetles were described after their assignment by DNA sequences. These taxonomic works are groundwork for the development of ... > full story -
Warning Signs Can Prevent Deer-Vehicle Collisions, Canadian Study Shows
October 12, 2011 — Collisions between wild deer and vehicles not only hinder conservation efforts but pose a serious danger to drivers. In new research, Canadian scientists examined locations and time periods of high ... > full story -
Natural Pesticide Protects Cattle Against Ticks in Africa
October 11, 2011 — A traditional treatment prepared from a woody shrub is proving highly effective at protecting cattle against ticks in southern Africa, according to ... > full story -
Improve Cattle in US and South Africa
October 6, 2011 — Scientists in the US and South Africa are working to improve prospects for cattle breeders in that African nation -- and they could improve them for breeders around the ... > full story
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