New family of fierce spiders discovered
August 20th, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, Aug 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new family of spiders have been discovered as the researchers claimed. This was a report that was established when the amateurs discovered about a certain family ... Read more...
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World’s first eyeless spider discovered in Laos cave
August 10th, 2012 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 10 (IANS) A scientist has discovered an eyeless huntsman spider, named the Sinopoda scurion, the first of its kind.With a leg span of only 6 cm and a ... Read more...
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Fear of poisonous attacks leads to spider killing in Assam
June 6th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 6 (IANS) A large and hairy, tarantula-like spider species has created panic in Assam after reports of fatal attack on humans. Though the authorities have ruled out existence ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Killer spiders prey on insects that use vibration to woo mates
March 30th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Insects wanting to attract a mate are at risk of being eaten alive by killer spiders, according to a new study.Cardiff University scientists have discovered that the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Insects wooing mates risk becoming spider meals
March 30th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 30 (IANS) Insects wanting to attract a mate run the mortal risk of being being eaten alive by killer spiders.Experts from Cardiff University's School of Biosciences found that ... Read more...
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Female spiders fight ‘like sumo wrestlers’
June 8th, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 8 (ANI): A new research has shown that while the males of a jumping spider species merely threaten and posture instead of actually fighting each other, fights among females are ... Read more...
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Spider Fossil Found In China’s Daohugou Region
February 13th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Feb 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It would be wrong to assume that only gigantic reptiles and dinosaurs ruled the earth millions of years ago when the ancestors of modern man were ... Read more...
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New Spider Species Discovered
January 16th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A brand new species of spider in the Arava Region in Israel has been discovered by the University of Haifa-Oranim. This species was found in the ... Read more...
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New spider species discovered
January 12th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): A previously unknown species of spider has been discovered in the dune of the Sands of Samar in the southern Arava region by scientists from the Department of ... Read more...
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Scientists stumble on world’s first vegetarian spider
October 13th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) Some 40,000 existing spider species are thought to be strict predators that feed on insects or other animals. Now, scientists have stumbled on what may be the world's ... Read more...
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Urge for sex almost always fatal for small male spiders
September 11th, 2008 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 11 (ANI): Researchers from Miami University in Ohio have found that how small male spiders are relative to females has a large effect on the frequency of sexual cannibalism.Female ... Read more...
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Why female spiders gobble up smaller males after sex
September 11th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Why do voracious predators like female spiders gobble up their smaller mates, especially after a bout of sex?Researchers Shawn Wilder and Ann Rypstra of Miami University (Ohio) found ... Read more...
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Living upside-down has shaped spiders to save energy
March 26th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): Majority of land animals evolved to use the ground as the main support for their motion. But thats not the case with spiders, as they live, feed, ... Read more...
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