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A party that was going on happily suddenly turned into a crime scene where diners died from poisoning for unknown reasons.
Scientists have deciphered the genome of a Madagascar spider that produces the world's most durable and largest spider webs, and found a unique protein that makes spider…
The natural mother also gives birth to many
Spiders have a special trick that helps them move easily on glue-like filaments on their webs.
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley (USA) have discovered spider webs that trap flying insects (such as butterflies, dragonflies, etc.) with electros…
Over the years, many assumptions have been made to explain why spiders are not caught in their own nets. But until recently the answer to this problem has just been disc…
A new study has found that spiders have cleverly woven decorative white silk threads that cross as a trick to protect their network from being damaged.
According to the researchers, this creature can stretch its body up to 60m - longer than a blue whale.
Usually, these creatures hide in vegetation in hopes
Today, people still have their lives retained by the Anita spider, and placed in the Smithsonian Museum (USA).
The body abhorres leaf hair, has not recounted many legs and carried venom, spiders are always one of the most frightening nightmares of humans.
Although small and difficult to detect, Darwin's bark spider can create a net enough to cross a 25m wide river.
Scientists have found that sophisticated spider webs can produce sounds like a stringed instrument.
Superheroes' nets Spiders can actually block a running train like in a movie if it recreates what's available in nature.
Scientists are investigating a strange white spider web found in a facility containing nuclear waste. They were afraid that the spider web might have been mutated becaus…