Spiders Spotted Using Trapped Fireflies to Lure Prey
A new study has documented something that appears to be intentional cruelty in spiders. Not only are they catching fireflies, they’re keeping them alive just long enough to turn them ...
Tag: Spiders
Was This Ancient Sea Bug the Blueprint for Every Spider Ever?
Your average backyard spider may owe its creepy life to an ancient marine critter that looked like a trilobite. Mollisonia symmetrica was a 500-million-year-old arthropod that scientists now think could ...
The World’s First Genetically Modified Spider Spins Glowing Red Silk
By now, CRISPR has sliced and diced its way through the genomes of everything from bananas to beagles to babies. CRISPR tech’s latest target is the humble and terrifying spider. ...
