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Biology
Insect and spider biodiversity increases organic nutrient availability across ecosystems, large-scale study shows
Sampling locations for aquatic and terrestrial arthropods throughout Switzerland. Credit: Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adp6198 Insects and spiders are important components of food webs in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. As an international research team led by Ehwag and WSL scientists recently demonstrated, as biodiversity declines, food supplies for birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals are not only in short supply,…
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This beautiful peacock spider was only discovered two years ago, but it may just be doing its last dance.
Maratus tasmanicus. Credit: Shane Walker/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY If you notice that the small, strikingly colored spiders perform elaborate courtship dances, you may have just seen a peacock spider for the first time. New species of peacock spiders are discovered every year. There are currently 113 species. One of the newly discovered species, Maratus yanchep, is only known to occur…
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