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Researchers from Slovenia and South Africa have discovered heterospecific mating in Nephila spiders, and have published their findings on...

Genital diversity may arise through sexual conflict over polyandry, where male genital features function to manipulate female mating...

Leaf masquerade is a phenomenon where an animal resembles leaves that are inedible for predators or innocuous for prey. It is well known...

The Caribbean islands harbor rich biodiversity with high levels of single island endemism. Stretches of ocean between islands represent...

We study the expansion of the yellow sac spider Cheiracanthium punctorium, a medically important species in Central Europe....

EZ lab published new research about genital size differences in sexually size dimorphic spiders. In most animal groups, it is unclear how...

In this new EZ lab publication, we show that, using DNA barcodes, unidentified species can be assigned to higher taxonomic ranks, that is...

Researchers from Slovenia have discovered oral sexual encounters in a spider, and have published their findings on 29th April 2016 in the...

Phylogeographical research in the East Asian continent and islands (East Asian Margins, or EAM) suggests predominant Pleistocene...

Discovery of six new species of Bark spiders from Africa and Madagascar “Bark spiders” (genus Caerostris) have recently been shown to...

The Aggressive spillover hypothesis predicts that females with a voracious personality are also more aggressive towards mates. We tested...

Deforestation today is alarming, but Madagascar still harbors extraordinary biodiversity. In this new publication, you can find out ...

We publish on the phylogenetic affinity and composition of Zygiellinae and Caerostris, and presents new insight into web evolution and ...

In a fresh paper, we explore allometry patterns in spider webs! Although body size affects almost all aspects of animals' resource use,...