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Some spiders may transfer mercury contamination to land animals: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Many spiders sit patiently in their webs, waiting for prey to come to them. Arachnids that live near lakes and rivers eat aquatic insects like dragonflies. However, if these insects live in mercury-contaminated streams, the metal can be passed on to the spiders that feed on them. Researchers
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Spiders can be used as pest control for tomatoes, potatoes: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to recent research led by the University of Portsmouth, web-building spider groups may be able to consume a catastrophic pest moth of commercially significant crops like tomatoes and potatoes over the world
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Effective protected areas needed to prevent biodiversity loss: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Protected natural areas in the UK are struggling to halt declines in insects and spiders that have occurred over the last 30 years (UKCEH)
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Scientists discover new fossil which reveals origin of arthropod breathing
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
University of Manchester research fellow David Legg, in collaboration with a team of international scientists from China, Switzerland, and Sweden, has today announced a new fossil that reveals the origin of gills in arthropods.
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Fossil site reveals giant arthropods dominated seas 470 million years ago
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Discoveries at a major new fossil site in Morocco suggest giant arthropods - relatives of modern creatures including shrimps, insects and spiders - dominated the seas 470 million years ago. Early evidence from the site at Taichoute, once undersea but now a desert, records numerous large "fre
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Study: Male orb-weaving spiders fight less in female-dominated colonies
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Orb-weaving spiders cooperate for more peaceful colonies, a surprising revelation given that most spiders live solitarily. In the colonies that researchers observed, male spiders fought less with one another when there were more female spiders in a colony. But colonies with large numbers of
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Scientists discover new fossil revealing origin of arthropod breathing sys
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
University of Manchester research fellow David Legg, in collaboration with a team of international scientists from China, Switzerland, and Sweden, has announced a new fossil that reveals the origin of gills in arthropods.
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Research: Tropical insects are extremely sensitive to changing climates
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments, like tropical rainforests, don't tend to do well when their surroundings dry out. New research indicates they may be equally averse to heavy rainfall. The results of an extensive five-year study co
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Male spiders counter female cannibalism by increasing sperm transfer
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): According to a study, male spiders have evolved behavioural mating strategies to increase their chances of copulation despite the risk of being eaten by their mates.
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Research: Male spiders counter female cannibalism by maximizing sperm tran
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): Male spiders have evolved behavioural mating strategies to improve their chances of mating despite the risk of being cannibalised by their mates.
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Do you know virtual reality app trial helps to reduce common phobias?
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dunedin (Otago) [New Zealand], July 16 (ANI): An experiment conducted by the University of Otago in Christchurch recently gives fresh hope to the estimated one in twelve people worldwide who are afraid of flying, needles, heights, spiders, or dogs.
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Study reveals virtual reality app trial helps to reduce common phobias
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dunedin (Otago) [New Zealand], July 15 (ANI): For the estimated one in twelve people worldwide who have a fear of flying, needles, heights, spiders, or dogs, a recent trial by the University of Otago, Christchurch offers new hope.
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