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1,148 results for: Spiders

  1. Animals

    Mystery deepens for what made tarantulas blue

    Blue hair on tarantulas shows what evolution does with iridescence that females probably don’t care about.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Earth

    Readers respond to blue tarantulas, multiparticles and white outs

    Readers respond to the January 9, 2016 issue of Science News with thoughts on blue tarantulas, multiparticles, and avalanches.

    By Science News Staff
  3. Paleontology

    Fossil reveals an ancient arthropod’s nervous system

    A roughly 520-million-year-old fossil preserved an ancient arthropod’s ventral nerve cord and peripheral nerves.

    By Helen Thompson
  4. Animals

    How a spider spins electrified nanosilk

    The cribellate orb spider (Uloborus plumipes) hacks and combs its silk to weave electrically charged nanofibers, a new study suggests.

    By Helen Thompson
  5. Astronomy

    Gas blasts from black holes show surprising alignment

    Unexpected alignment of galactic gas geysers might offer new insight into how galaxies and black holes arise from the cosmic web.

    By Christopher Crockett
  6. Animals

    Scientists find a crab party deep in the ocean

    A trip to check out the biodiversity off the coast of Panama revealed thousands of crabs swarming on the seafloor.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  7. Animals

    Delicate spider takes down tough prey by attacking weak spots

    The Loxosceles gaucho recluse spider can take down a heavily armored harvestman by attacking its weak spots, a new study reveals.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  8. Animals

    When mom serves herself as dinner

    For this spider, extreme motherhood ends with a fatal family feast.

    By Susan Milius
  9. Environment

    Spiders enlisted as pollution sensors for rivers

    Hunting arachnids provide a better picture of chemical threats to food web.

    By Beth Mole
  10. Animals

    Cringe away, guys — this spider bites off his own genitals

    After sex, a male coin spider will chew off his own genitals, an act that might help secure his paternity.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  11. Materials Science

    Silkworms spin spider-strong threads

    Silkworms with a spider protein make silk tough enough to be woven into clothing.

    By Ashley Yeager
  12. Animals

    Spiders get bigger in the big city

    City-living golden orb-weaving spiders tend to be bigger than those that live in the countryside, a new study finds.

    By Sarah Zielinski