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1,136 results for: Spiders

  1. Life

    For ducks, penis length depends on the other guys

    Male genitals grow longer with more competition from other males.

    By Susan Milius
  2. Health & Medicine

    Healthy Aging in a Pill

    To extend life span, scientists envision a drug that mimics the benefits of a near-starvation diet.

    By Laura Beil
  3. Life

    Web decorating with garbage

    Spider webs adorned with decaying food remains attract more attacks, but maybe there’s a defensive trade-off at work.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Life

    Ingredients of hagfish slime revealed

    Figuring out the ingredients still doesn’t explain how the fishes avoid premature mucus explosions

    By Susan Milius
  5. Ecosystems

    Dining: Bugged on Thanksgiving

    Earlier this week, I met with Zack Lemann at the Insectarium, a roughly 18-month-old Audubon museum. He gave me a behind-the-scenes tour of its dozens of living exhibits hosting insects and more -- including tarantulas and, arriving that day for their Tuesday debut, white (non-albino) alligators. But the purpose of my noon-hour visit was to sample the local cuisine and learn details of preparations for a holiday menu that would be offered through tomorrow at the facility’s experiential cafe: Bug Appetit. There’s Thanksgiving turkey with a cornbread and wax worm stuffing, cranberry sauce with meal worms, and Cricket Pumpkin Pie. It’s cuisine most Americans would never pay for. But at the Insectarium, they don’t have to. It’s offered free as part of an educational adventure.

    By Janet Raloff
  6. Animals

    Spider males good for mating, food

    Expectant mothers, including spiders, need to eat well. For Mediterranean tarantulas, a male suitor tastes just fine.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Life

    Robot spider vs. bee

    Learning about predators’ tricks can make a bee paranoid.

    By Susan Milius
  8. Animals

    Oh, he’s such a lab bird

    Bold flycatchers may be more likely than shy birds to get trapped for lab studies.

    By Susan Milius
  9. Life

    Fecal architecture is beetle armor

    Predators have a hard time getting through the layers of excrement some beetle moms give their young.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Chemistry

    Silk

    Mimicking how spiders make their complex array of silks could usher in a tapestry of new materials, and other animals or plants could be designed to be the producers.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  11. Life

    People can control their Halle Berry neurons

    Researchers pinpoint individual brain cells that respond to particular people and objects.

    By Laura Sanders
  12. Health & Medicine

    Beta-blockers erase emotion of fearful memories

    Beta blockers could change the way emotional memories are stored, a finding which could help people suffering from anxiety disorders

    By Solmaz Barazesh