Incredible and unique native spider faces extinction only two years after discovery
A metal fence erected around thick bushland could be the beginning of the end for a spectacular native spider species whose ...
Master architects of spider world discovered in northern Australia
A team of scientists led by The University of Western Australia has discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in the ...
There’s yttrium, ytterbium … and also terbium and erbium
A number of chemically minded readers have pointed out that, thanks to a nearby rare-earth mine, it is home not just to yttrium and ytterbium but also the elements terbium and erbium. Joel Alexander ...
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Using spider venom to treat heart attack and stroke
Professor Glenn King with a live female funnel web spider in this lab at the University of Queensland. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian Discovered in 2016, the molecule in the venom of ...