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Biology: General Ecology: Animals
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Hungry eyes: Spiders lose vision when they're starving - Hungry Eyes: Spiders Lose Vision When They're Starving      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Biologists have discovered that underfed jumping spiders lose light-sensitive cells that are key to ...

Biology: General Ecology: Invasive Species
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Joro spiders aren't scary: They're shy - Joro Spiders Aren't Scary: They're Shy      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Despite their intimidating appearance, the giant yellow and blue-black spiders spreading across the ...

Biology: General Ecology: Animals Ecology: General Ecology: Research
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Joro spiders well-poised to populate cities      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The Joro spider was first spotted stateside around 2013 and has since been spotted across Georgia an ...

Biology: Biochemistry Chemistry: Biochemistry Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals Physics: Acoustics and Ultrasound
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Spider silk sound system      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have investigated how spiders listen to their environments through webs and found that t ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Cell Biology Biology: General
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Spider venom heart drug a step closer      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A molecule sourced from funnel web spider venom shows promise as a safe and effective future drug fo ...

Ecology: Invasive Species Environmental: Ecosystems
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Brown widow spiders: Invasive species prosper in favorable habitats and from a lack of local predators      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Lower parasitism and predation in urban habitats may contribute to the invasion success of brown wid...