spider

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Researchers examining spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, noticed something unusual on a spider only a few millimeters long.

From Science Daily

For common house plants like peace lilies and spider plants, brown leaves are a tell-tale sign of over or under watering.

From BBC

Still, I hear the whispers, feel the eyes crawl over me like spiders.

From Literature

Like the spider it is named after, the pulsar slowly consumes its partner.

From Science Daily

Compounds from spider and snake venoms, along with substances produced by plants and fungi, are being studied for their potential to treat pain, cancer, and other conditions.

From Science Daily