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Do spiders have nightmares? New evidence suggests they sleep and dream With a little firefly in the corner of their web to push back the dark. By Cassidy Ward 9 months ago
Necrobotics: How scientists are using dead spiders as corpse claw machines The robot wars are about to get a lot more interesting. By Cassidy Ward 10 months ago
Mutated microbes live inside snake and spider venom Just when we thought snake bites couldn't get any worse... By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
These spiders use fuzzy built-in scuba suits to hide underwater If sharks and jellyfish weren't enough, now we have to deal with underwater spiders. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Hydraulic legs help spiders escape becoming a post-mating snack Balancing the desire to reproduce while avoiding becoming a post-coital meal means adapting a rapid escape strategy. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Spiders don’t have ears, so they build them out of webs It's like a hearing aid 10,000 times your body size. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Western banded geckos specifically body-slam scorpions, unlike the other bugs they eat If this was Mortal Kombat, Scorpion would be the fatality. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago
Thwip, thwip! Spider silk traps cancer cells in its web It might be time for us to give spiders a break. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Giant parachuting ‘Joro’ spiders set to invade eastern U.S. this summer Don’t worry, say scientists — they’re harmless! Yeah, right. By Benjamin Bullard 1 year ago
Bats endure a slow and lingering death in the webs of false widow spiders With great power, comes food on the fly. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
