Smithsonian Magazine9d
Getting Annoyed at Your Noisy Neighbor? Spiders Are, Too. New Research Finds They’ll Build Webs Differently in Loud Conditions
In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders ...
5 OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SPIDERS ON EARTH
Although most spiders are considered harmless, a few including Funnel-Web Spiders and Brazilian Wandering Spiders are ...
Everyone in the City Needs Soundproofing, Even Spiders
Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise ...
Earth.com10d
Spiders adapt their webs to filter out human-made noise
The researchers found that funnel-weaving spiders alter how their silk webs transmit vibrations in response to local noise.
The Sun28d
Europe’s BIGGEST spider arrives in Britain with venomous, hissing funnel-web monster spotted in yard
EUROPE's biggest species of spider has arrived in Britain, with the venomous funnel-web creature spotted in a nursery yard. The terrifying stowaway, said to have a "huge appetite", was spotted by ...
The Hereford Times4d
Spiders enter UK homes as EUROPE’S LARGEST found at nursery
Large numbers of spiders are entering homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted at a plant nursery in ...