The Yalata Bush Blitz expedition, in 2021, was an effort to document the area's biodiversity. Scientists were aware that large blind, cave-dwelling spiders, known as Troglodiplura, existed in the ...

“Subsequently, the spider host was identified as the orb-weaving cave spider, Metellina merianae, and – through the help of a local speleologist – further specimens of the new ...

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New species are all around us, hiding under the waves, hidden in jungles, or maybe even lurking in a cave. In an impressive discovery, researchers have spotted a new spider species hiding in a ...

Now, a study has honed in on the development of a spider species found within caves, and looking closer at how the spider embryos develop has revealed some surprising results. The team used the ...

Spiders living in caves show how tiny genetic changes can reshape vision or cause complete blindness over generations.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The study examines the embryogenesis and eye development of the cave-dwelling spider Tegenaria pagana, revealing key genetic mechanisms involved in eye formation ...

Scientists were aware that large blind, cave-dwelling spiders, known as Troglodiplura, existed in the Nullarbor, but all species were only known from fragments of exoskeleton and a few juvenile ...

Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies.” The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an untimely death ...