spider
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“Self-Portrait With Monkeys” features the raven-haired artist unfazed by the presence of four spider monkeys — two touching her while the others peer from tropical foliage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Citizen scientists have helped researchers uncover how parental care evolved in harvestmen, a group of spider like arachnids, by contributing observations through the popular nature platform iNaturalist.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
A tiny spider with a bright red smile on its back has surprised scientists by turning up thousands of miles from where they thought its famous relatives lived.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
To complete the trap, the spider wraps the cone with a thinner type of silk and quickly retreats upward.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Ella tried to get a close look at the spider.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Priyadarshini said she has long been interested in studying spiders that live at high elevations because those environments differ greatly from the lowland plains in both vegetation and landscape.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The species, named Taczanowskia waska, represents the first known example of a spider mimicking the appearance of a fungus that infects spiders.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
The birds thrive in lowland heath habitats, nesting in the dense gorse, where they also hunt for spiders and caterpillars.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Between 3% to 6% of the world’s human population suffers from arachnophobia, but in reality spiders don’t pose much of a threat to us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Of all the creatures in the world that he had to ask for help, it had to be spiders.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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