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It is generally thought that mating plugs, where present, impede or reduce the possibilities of female subsequent mating. However, mating...

We report the first finding of the stygobiotic form of the cyprinid fish Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843), discovered in a single locality in...

Spiders are successful predators that inhabit nearly all kinds of terrestrial and even freshwater habitats. However, only a handful of...

Sexual dimorphism (sex-specific trait expression) may evolve when selection favours different optima for the same trait between sexes -...

Named higher taxa, for example genera and families, must be monophyletic to be phylogenetically valid. Ranked taxa above the species...

Body size is a trait of fundamental ecological and evolutionary importance that is often different between males and females (sexual ...

Where will your career take you after your doctorate? What will you delve into? Are you interested in sexual selection? How can the sexes...

Spiders are notoriously solitary and cannibalistic, with instances of colonial or social lifestyles in only about ~0.1% of described...

Historical biogeography is an integrative scientific field critical for testing evolutionary hypotheses pertinent to organismal...

This perspective identifies the grand challenges in arachnid science: 1. Grasp the arachnid species diversity. 2. Standardize arachnid...

On 2 November 2022, a new journal was launched titled Frontiers in Arachnid Science (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/arachnid-scienc...

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...