July 25, 2023 — Lower parasitism and predation in urban habitats may contribute to the invasion success of brown widow spiders, according to new ...
June 5, 2023 — Researchers show that an evolutionary change in the length of lizards' legs can have a significant impact on vegetation growth and spider populations on small islands in the Bahamas. This is one ...
June 1, 2023 — A recent study shows blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are actually really good at surviving extreme cold and heat in nature. Previous lab research suggests that even short periods of especially ...
May 17, 2023 — A species of tiny, colorful jumping spider employs two lines of defense to avoid being eaten: camouflaging with plants and walking like an ant. Researchers report that this combination of camouflage ...
May 16, 2023 — Despite their intimidating appearance, the giant yellow and blue-black spiders spreading across the Southeastern U.S. owe their survival to a surprising trait: They're rather timid. The Joro ...
May 8, 2023 — A limited menu of prey may weave a tangled food web by emboldening wolf spiders of multiple species to dine on each other and even cannibalize their own, says a new ...
Apr. 20, 2023 — Engineers developed a method to create synthetic spider silk at high yields while retaining strength and toughness using mussel foot ...
Apr. 20, 2023 — Biologists have discovered that underfed jumping spiders lose light-sensitive cells that are key to their ...
Apr. 17, 2023 — The dreaded tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus infects different types of brain cells in different parts of the brain, depending on whether the affected person's immune system is activated or ...
Apr. 13, 2023 — Scientists report the first high-quality nuclear genome sequence and assembly of the pathogen B. duncani. The team also determined the 3D genome structure of this pathogen that resembles Plasmodium ...
Mar. 30, 2023 — As tick season kicks in across the country, scientists have completed research that offers a promising lead in the fight against Lyme ...
Mar. 13, 2023 — Black widow spiders have earned a fearsome reputation for their venomous bite. But in parts of the southern United States these spiders have much to fear themselves -- from spider relatives who ...
Feb. 21, 2023 — Scientists have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a pygmy shrew, a species of tiny mammal protected in Ireland. The pygmy shrew -- a protected mammal -- was captured ...
Feb. 16, 2023 — Groups of spiders could be used as an environmentally-friendly way to protect crops against agricultural pests. That's according to new research which suggests that web-building groups of ...
Jan. 23, 2023 — Protected natural areas of the UK are struggling to halt declines in insects and spiders that have occurred over the past 30 years, according to a new ...
Jan. 19, 2023 — Scientists have deciphered a comprehensive, continuous genome for a parasite responsible for transmitting Lyme disease and other serious infections to hundreds of thousands of Americans yearly. With ...
Jan. 12, 2023 — Research has identified the first inter-species signaling pathway between an arthropod parasite and host, where molecules in the blood of a host animal triggers the immunity and development of a ...
Dec. 7, 2022 — The Alongshan virus was discovered in China only five years ago. Now researchers have found the novel virus for the first time in Swiss ticks. It appears to be at least as widespread as the tickborne ...
Nov. 30, 2022 — Orb-weaving spiders cooperate for more peaceful colonies, a surprising revelation given that most spiders live solitarily. In the colonies that researchers observed, male spiders fought less with one ...
Nov. 21, 2022 — The complete skeletal remains of a spider monkey -- seen as an exotic curiosity in pre-Hispanic Mexico -- grants researchers new evidence regarding social-political ties between two ancient ...
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