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How do sexual restraints help male spiders produce more offspring?

October 6, 2017

Science & Technology

Net-casting spider

Jeepers creepers: Massive spider eyes shrink 25% in adulthood

May 1, 2017

Science & Technology

Mature orb weavers, like this garden spider, are among the many spiders on display as the seasons transition from summer to fall.

Seasonal transition spins up a spider showcase

September 30, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

A new study from UNL biologists has revealed that the net-casting spider's secondary eyes -- the largest of any arachnid -- likely evolved in part to help it capture ground-based prey.

What big eyes you have! Spider adaptation widened dietary net

May 18, 2016

Science & Technology

Biologists (left to right) Eileen Hebets and Alissa Anderson have shown that the male nursery-web spider improves his odds of surviving a sexual encounter with a cannibalistic female by wrapping his mate's forelegs with silk prior to copulation.

Study finds sexual restraints protect male spiders from cannibalism

March 1, 2016

Science & Technology