Source: Science Daily
Evolutionary psychologists have long argued that humans have a cognitive predisposition towards acquiring fears of certain classes of dangerous animals like spiders and snakes. Research by psychologists at the University of Queensland, however, suggests otherwise.
Source: abc.net.au
Battles to the death are taking place across Australia as huntsman spiders fight it out for the family home.
Source: MSNBC
Fear of snakes is one of the most common phobias, yet many people have never seen a snake in person. So how is this fear generated?
Source: Yahoo! News
Advice on how to score with the ladies would probably never include the strategy that works best for at least one species of male spider: playing dead.
Source: Yahoo! News
Two University of Virginia researchers believe that humans are genetically predisposed to be deathly afraid of snakes. Judy S. DeLoache, a U.Va. professor of developmental psychology, said she has a snake phobia, but wonders why. "The question was, where did that fear come from?"
Source: Yahoo! News
Not all male nursery web spiders looking for a little arachnid sex adopt this technique, but those that do more than double their chances of hitting the jackpot, according to new study in Behavioral Ecology, reported Wednesday in the British magazine New Scientist.
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It is not known who created the spider lane but it is certainly rousing some public interest. And this isn't the only place people have seen an increase of Arachnid activity.
My friend, Colin Cochrane, was doing average goofing around on the internet when he discovered something strange. Forgetting that he had his User-Agent set to "Googlebot," due to recent troubleshooting, he was surprised when he tried to find a bookmark in his del.icio.us account.
I will be off line from tomorrow, taking down my Smartbro wireless connection to the internet. Because I am moving to a much better Island
Source: The Times
It is a miracle substance - lighter than feathers, stronger than steel, one of the toughest fibres found in nature. Now scientists in Japan have found a way of harnessing the remarkable power of spiders' webs to make anything from tights and fishing nets to bulletproof vests.
Source: local6.com
A large spider was captured on NASA TV giving the appearance it was biting and eating the craft before problems stopped a weekend launch.
Source: Boing Boing
What's next?
Source: Live Science
If plenty of resources are available over a long time to a species, as they are with soil-dwelling mites, parthenogenesis seems to be favored, Domes explained.
Source: BBC News
A 53-million-year-old spider has been revealed in exquisite detail by scientists from the UK and Belgium. The ancient creepy-crawly had been trapped in amber and preserved in a lowland area around Paris, France.
Source: Google
From post-coital cannibalism to love at first sight, the sex life of the African jumping spider is full of surprises, according to a new study.
Source: discovermagazine.com
Forget Baby Einstein. Birds have hit upon a cheaper, more reliable method for enriching their offspring's minds: spider snacks.
Source: PhysOrg.com
Researchers have discovered that even the gruesome and brutal lifestyle of the Evarcha culicivora, a blood gorging jumping spider indigenous to East Africa, can't help but be tempted by that 'big is beautiful' mantra no matter what the costs.
Source: The Seattle Times
FORT WORTH, Texas — Spiders worked together to make the massive web in Lake Tawakoni State Park, researchers say. Three times the spiders built it. Three times wind and rain ravaged it.
Source: Science Daily
Huge spider web in West Texas
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Forget rainy April or snowblown February - early September is the very worst time of year, for one simple reason: it's spider season.
Source: Yahoo! News
Texas Size Spider Webs creating havoc, but probably more like a passing curiosity.
Source: The New York Times
The discovery of a vast web crawling with millions of spiders spreading across several acres of a North Texas park is causing a stir.
Source: The New York Times
WILLS POINT, Tex., Aug. 29 — Most spiders are solitary creatures. So the discovery of a vast web crawling with millions of spiders that is spreading across several acres of a North Texas park is causing a stir among scientists, and park visitors.
Source: The New York Times
A web crawling with millions of spiders is growing across several acres of a state park 50 miles east of Dallas, inspiring both wonder and revulsion.
Source: The New York Times
WILLS POINT, Tex., Aug. 29 — Most spiders are solitary creatures. So the discovery of a vast web crawling with millions of spiders that is spreading across several acres of a North Texas park is causing a stir among scientists, and park visitors.