Spiders
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Porous dams in Purbeck are being used to ‘rewet’ the mires, bringing a richer landscape for flora and fauna
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US Fish and Wildlife Service memos reveal officials found scores of dead animals along a mile-long stretch last of the wall last August
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Spider measuring record 7.9cm across is almost as big as largest female collected in 2021, which was named Megaspider by Australian Reptile Park
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A man on a motorcycle was injured when the camper van braked suddenly to go around the roaming arachnid
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It has not been that long since the last of our sons left the nest – but I am not handling it well
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Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: To sit and watch a garden spider at work is surprisingly moving
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The spider in my office is constantly web-building, fly-wrapping, fly-eating and darting around. Her industry is highly motivating, writes Emma Beddington
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Langstone, Hampshire: Giant house spiders are elite athletes with the ability to sprint half a metre in under a second
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We watched serial killer dramas together while I stroked his plump little rump and he never once bit me. If only he hadn’t come to such an unhappy end
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The Marches, Shropshire: We must recognise the genius artist in these animals. But how many insects will this one catch?
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Falmouth, Cornwall: This velveteen scurrier lives in a churchyard, a sign of life among the dead
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Cosford Hall, Suffolk: The biodiversity here is astonishing – and our goal was to find the owners 10 new species
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Having already discovered the presumed extinct great fox-spider, Mike Waite goes hunting on MoD land armed with a pair of his wife’s tights, an old medicine syringe and plastic cups
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The arachnid plays an important role in the leaf litter ecosystem, helping to control insect populations
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Exclusive: rare purple organism preys on trapdoor spider in behaviour reminiscent of its ‘zombie’ relatives that feature in apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us
‘Stronger than steel, stretchier than rubber’: the quest to harness the power of spider silk