Tag: science

Arachnews: May 31, 2020

We’re back, baby. In the latest roundup of arachnid news, media, and science:

  • arachnological organizations’ statements on #BlackLivesMatter
  • arachnologists on livestreams
  • research on extreme sexual dimorphism, spider collecting techniques, and tailless whipscorpion senses
  • new species from around the world
  • and much more…

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Arachnews: May 12, 2020

Arachnews is back after a short depression-hiatus! In this week’s roundup of arachnid-related art, news, and science:

  • new drugs derived from spider and scorpion venom
  • some intriguing spider observations on social media
  • an update on that viral tarantula tea party photo
  • how “natural” pesticides affect arachnids
  • new species
    …and more!

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Arachnews: April 6, 2020

In this week’s roundup of everything arachnid:

  • cool photos of as-yet-undescribed species
  • which conferences are postponed, which are still going ahead
  • the Great British Cellar Spider Survey
  • mite-eating thrips, nematode-eating mites, scorpion-eating scorpions
    …and more!

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Arachnews: March 23, 2020

In this week’s round-up of everything new with spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks:

  • scientific conferences postponed due to COVID-19
  • 3D jumping spider models
  • 20 years’ worth of new scorpion species
  • spiders with noses and harvestpeople with horns
  • …and more!

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Arachnews: March 16, 2020

In this week’s roundup of arachnid art, news, and science:

  • amazing nature photos (including two possibly undescribed species!)
  • the latest developments
  • breaking down that mouse vs. scorpion fight from Netflix’s Earth at Night
  • a new genus of (adorable) African jumping spiders
  • the “are horseshoe crabs arachnids?” debate returns

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Arachnews: March 9, 2020

New issues of Systematic and Applied Acarology, Experimental and Applied Acarology, and Acarologia means lots and lots of mite papers this week. There’s also nematodes, hair- and/or eyebrow-raising medical case studies, pretty spider photos, bacterial endosymbionts, and more.

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Arachnews: March 2, 2020

In this week’s roundup of all things arachnid (mostly spiders this week, though):

  • cool nature photos and videos; egg sacs seem to be a theme
  • debunking the latest viral scare about cork-lid trapdoor spiders
  • research about not-so-parasitic mites, medical uses of venom, and tarantula embryonic development
  • extremely weird new species
    …and more!

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