Nocturnal Spiders Use Trapped Fireflies as Glowing Bait to Attract Additional Prey, Study Confirms

Nocturnal Spiders Use Trapped Fireflies as Glowing Bait to Attract Additional Prey, Study Confirms

Sheet-web spiders Psechrus clavis have actually been understood to utilize their body color and webs as visual hints to stealthily entice and instantly take in bugs. They do not right…

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‘Spiders on Mars’ and ancient sea monsters: 5 of the biggest science stories you read in 2024

‘Spiders on Mars’ and ancient sea monsters: 5 of the biggest science stories you read in 2024

From whales using salmon hats to April’s overall solar eclipseit’s been a huge year for science news. We’ve combined the 5 stories that you liked one of the most in…

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3 remarkable spiders: A vegetarian, a vampire and a predator that uses ‘pincer, fork and key’

3 remarkable spiders: A vegetarian, a vampire and a predator that uses ‘pincer, fork and key’

There are an approximated 50,000 types of spider living in the world, from leviathans like the huge huntsman and goliath birdeaterdown to the smallest, the dwarf orb weaver and Patu…

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Science news this week: Spiders on Mars and an ancient Egyptian sword

Science news this week: Spiders on Mars and an ancient Egyptian sword

Science news today consists of’ spiders on Mars’recreated in the world, and a bronze sword engraved with’Ramesses II ‘ (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech- Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities) Seldom do…

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