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Spiders reset body clocks to avoid 5-hour jet-lag every day

Life

Spiders reset body clocks to avoid 5-hour jet-lag every day

Some species of spider have short biological clocks that have to be reset each morning. Being out of sync with the 24-hour cycle in this way might help them avoid prey

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ants/spider

Life

Gang of ants surgically dismembers large, dead spider on Borneo

Regulars

Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

Life

Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

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An ant-jumper spider

Life

Spider waves its front legs like antennae to mimic warlike ants

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spider silk

Life

Watch how spiders use sticky silk to win deadly wrestling match

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Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

Life

Moth’s disguise is so good, spiders love it instead of eating it

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A close-up of the spider that looks like a leaf

Life

Masquerading spider looks like living and dead leaves at once

Regulars

Assassin bug hunting a spider

Life

Spider-eating bug muffles web vibrations to sneak up on prey

News

The spider has a crayfish under its fangs on a rock

Life

Spider spotted chaining wild crayfish with silk before devouring

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A transparent ball of glue, close up, with a white strand of spider silk going into it, twirling around and comnig out the other end. Looks cool and abstract

Technology

Artificial spider silk mimics how it acts as liquid and solid

Inspired by the strange properties of spider silk, researchers have created "liquid wires" that could be used in soft robotics

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Life

Your home is a jungle inhabited by 100 different species

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Male spiders lure aggressive females with peek-a-boo paddle game

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Life

Male spiders lure aggressive females with peek-a-boo paddle game

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Life

Meet Sméagol, the eyeless cave-dwelling daddy long-legs

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