Earliest spider web
Has the world’s oldest spider web been found? Strands 140 million years old were found inside a piece of amber on a UK beach and look similar to those made by modern orb spiders, says Martin Brasier of the University of Oxford. The fossil web beats the previous record-holder found in Lebanon by around 10 million years.
Squids in treacle
For jumbo squid, swimming through the warmer, more acidic oceans expected from climate change will feel like trawling through molasses. Such conditions will reduce the amount of oxygen available to the animals, slowing their metabolism and muscles.…
