Waste management in spider mites reveals evolutionary insights into arthropod social behavior

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered the adaptive significance of the remarkable waste-management behavior in ...
IFLScience

Jumping Spiders Display REM-Like Sleep Behavior, Suggesting Spiders Dream

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Nature

Whip Spider Behavior and Ecology

Whip spiders (order Amblypygi) display a suite of fascinating behaviours underpinned by unique sensory adaptations that enable them to thrive in complex, nocturnal environments. Their elongated, ...
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A Family Lived With 2,000 Venomous ‘Brown Recluse’ Spiders for Years: What Experts Found Left Them Speechless

For over five years, a Kansas family unknowingly lived with thousands of brown recluse spiders, one of North America’s most ...
Psychology Today

Spiders Are Smart, Not Scary

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...
Ars Technica

These male spiders adopted an unusual strategy to survive sexual cannibalism

A male orb-weaving spider catapults off a female after mating. Survival could mean another chance to fertilize her eggs. This species forms colonies in which spiders have individual webs that are ...