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Arachnophobes take heed: this ancient spider had a whip-like tail

A Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi, found trapped in a 100 million year old amber from Myanmar, appears in a handout illustration provided on February 5, 2018. Illustration by Dinghua Yang/University of Kansas/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – ... More »

Spiders can `tune` webs for good vibrations, researchers say

Dr. Beth Mortimer from the Zoology Department at the University of Oxford tests the web of the garden cross spider, in Oxford, Britain September 30, 2016. Picture taken September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Matthew Stock Spiders can control the tension and stiffness of ... More »