A lot of work has explored the noses of dogs, and rats have even been trained to sniff out illegally tracked wildlife – however, most research on smelling focuses on mammals and insects, not spiders.

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Among the most common spiders found in and around the home, the shy grass spider (aka a funnel-web spider) builds dense, silk-lined webs/burrows to trap its insect victims. They’re also super fast ...

Scientists used 3D-printed insect models to study how disguises help harmless species fool predators and survive in the wild.

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to ...