Members of the arachnid class—think spiders, scorpions and harvestmen (daddy long legs)—are often the targets of revulsion, disgust and fear. Yet, they are crucial for ecosystems to thrive. Given the ...

Researchers studied six pieces of amber containing fossilized ants with other insects nearby revealing an ecosystem in the ...

Explore the world's largest scorpion and uncover intriguing details about these formidable arachnids. Dive into our article ...

Spider plants and snake plants often appear together in houseplant discussions, but these two botanical species are ...

A new study of amber pieces from the time of the dinosaurs suggests that these perfectly preserved insects can reveal not ...

Ants and other species who lived alongside dinosaurs but preserved in fossilized tree resin reveal a great deal about their ...

Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how many of the insects preserved alongside each other ...

Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how ...

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A detailed annotation of anatomical brain structures (some novel) of the spider Uloborus diversus is provided based on a three-dimensional immunostain atlas.