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Spiders create effigies to trick enemies
The two scientists discovered that a spider species has the ability to create decorative objects with the same shape and color as their bodies, in order to distract the…
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Spider silk - Biomaterial of the future
People talk a lot about the miraculous properties of silk, especially spider silk because the structure of silk is stronger than steel and they can be stretched 40% more…
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Torn apart because of love
The red-backed female spiders are usually very aggressive and ready to tear apart male spiders who are unable to mate for a long time.
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Spiders eat together and stay together
UBC zoologists have recently discovered that the ability to work together to catch large prey has allowed spiders to live in the flock to expand the law of nature to rea…
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Mysterious spiders invaded Europe
They are black, nearly 20 cm large and congregate on the wall: An unprecedented invasion of a spider in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is astonishing many experts. Nob…
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Transforming mushrooms into fuel: promises greener cleaner energy
The government's team of academic researchers announced that a fungus like spider that adheres to military uniforms and tarpaulin sheets could hold a key to progress in…
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Discover the secret of spider silk stamina
According to new disclosures published by researchers at MIT's Department of Environmental & Civil Engineering (CEE), the strength of biological materials such as spider…
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The mysterious giant spider web
Entomologists are arguing about the origin of a rare spider web covering a few big trees, countless shrubs and spreading on the ground along 180 meters of a trail in a p…
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Why do mosquitoes walk on water and on walls?
Mosquitoes can be blood-sucking, pathogenic, uncomfortable creatures, but they have a pair of animals that no animal can: walk on the wall and walk under water.
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Super durable armor from spider silk
To be able to weave spider silk into super durable armor, US researchers are aiming to alter the genes of bacteria, plants or animals. From there, help produce enough am…
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Australia: Prohibit mining to protect spiders
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Western Australia has objected to the exploitation of an iron mine in the Pilbara region to protect a unique and unusual fau…
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When does the spider fly?
Do you think only Spider-Man can fly? Just wrong. Notice the cloudy autumn days or spring days, there are many spheres floating in the air - spiders are looking for food…
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Light stimulates sexual desire in spiders
According to a study published in Science, the ultraviolet rays of light stimulate sexual desire in some jumping spiders (Cosmophasis umbratica
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Insects disguise as predators to escape
A butterflies in Costa Rica use a unique method to escape when encountering jumping spiders, which is to imitate the shape and action of the predator. In turn, jumping s…