Wondering what the spider for the record for spending the longest time underwater is? Step forward the diving bell spider ...
The diving bell spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only spider species known to live almost entirely underwater. This is quite an achievement because the spider still needs air to breathe. This ...
Inspired by a scuba-diving spider, researchers have made water-repelling copper electrode surfaces that boost carbon dioxide reduction by trapping the gas in bubbles (Nat. Mater. 2019, DOI: ...
Some make nests inside seashells, others tote bubbles of air on their backs. The spiders that went back to water evolved lots of slick survival strategies. By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine Published ...
Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach? Or in a stream? Some spiders make their homes near or, more rarely, in water: tucking into ...
Researchers studied a species of "sky-diving" spiders in South America that exhibits a unique controlled movement when it descends, a behavior that may have significant implications for the evolution ...
Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach? Or in a stream? Some spiders make their homes near or, more rarely, in water: tucking into ...
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