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Four obligate cave fish species have been recorded from Zagros in Iran: three from the genus Garra, G. typhlops, G. lorestanensis, and G....

The spread of misinformation is gaining global attention as it interferes with evidence-based collective responses to (global) problems....

We describe the new Australian orb-weaving spider genus Leviana gen. nov. It includes five species, all known from both sexes:...

Natural silks crafted by spiders comprise some of the most versatile materials known. Spider silks and bioinspired artificial silks might...

Sexual conflict occurs when the two sexes have conflicting fitness strategies regarding reproduction. Female sexual cannibalism is an...

Spider webs represent powerful biofilters of environmental DNA with potentially far-reaching implications, report researchers from...

In the animal world, various mechanisms allow for extremely fast actions or reactions through storage of energy in elastic structures,...

With only 43 described stygobionts and only two isopod species the obligate groundwater fauna of Iran, a vast country with over 10% of...

Cyphalonotus is a poorly studied, Old World araneid spider genus whose phylogenetic proximity remains unknown due to the paucity of...

We scrutinize spider taxonomy over the last decade, evaluating what type of data were used to delineate species, whether data were made...

Examining the role of color in mate choice without testing what colors the study animal is capable of seeing can lead to ill-posed...

Dispersal ability can affect levels of gene flow thereby shaping species distributions and richness patterns. We focused on the...

Through field efforts and morphological examination, we describe two new Duvalius species from caves of Zagros Mts., Iran: the...

Reconstructing biogeographic history is challenging when dispersal biology of studied species is poorly understood and they have...

In a new paper, we examined sex-specific developmental trajectories and life history trade-offs in an extremely sexually dimorphic spider...

Sex allocation theory predicts that the proportion of daughters to sons will evolve in response to ecological conditions that determine...

The spider major ampullate (MA) silk exhibits high tensile strength and extensibility and is typically a blend of MaSp1 and MaSp2...

Variation in life-history traits within a population is caused by genetic, maternal and environmental factors. We explored the high ...

We explored macroevolutionary trends and factors influencing heterogeneity in species diversity within golden orbweaver spiders....

The existence of consistent individual differences in behavior has been shown in a number of species, and several studies have found...