spider Articles
Silkworms, spider genes and bulletproof silk
Researchers in China have developed colonies of genetically modified silkworms which produce silk stronger than bullet-proof Kevlar. But why are spiders the real stars of the show? And what does this mean for us?
100 million year old spider with tail found in fossil
An international team of researchers, including University of Manchester’s Dr Russell Garwood, find a fossil that suggests spiders used to have tails