Research Briefs (6)
10 January 2012
Male wolf spiders eavesdrop on, match and even try to outdo the mating dances of their successful rivals.
By placing male…
13 December 2011
The brains of tiny spiders are so large they fill their body cavities and overflow into their legs. To investigate how miniaturisation…
2 November 2011
A new species of spider has been found near Northam in Western Australia.
The spider has been identified by the WA Museum…
18 August 2011
Researchers have taken a significant step forward in the quest to produce synthetic spider silk.
Spider silk has five times…
9 June 2011
Insights into how the “diving bell spider” can spend its whole life underwater have been revealed.
The spider breathes air…
1 June 2011
Orb-weaving spiders respond to severe damage to their webs by building bigger silk crosses, making their webs more visible…
