Australian funnel-web spiders are arguably the most venomous spiders in the world,with much research focusing on this aspect of their biology.However,other aspects related to their life history,ecology and behaviour h...
This study was supported by the Coordenação de Aprleicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior(CAPES)-Finance Code 001-,the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico(CNPq),and the Fundacão de Amparo à Pesquisa do FEstado de Minas Gerais(FAPEMIG).
Complex social insect species exhibit task specialization mediated by morphological and behavior-al traits.However,evidence of such traits is scarce for other social arthropods.We investigated whether the social pseud...
Lipids due to its hydrophobic nature are transported in the hemolymph mainly by lipoproteic fractions. In the present work we studied the lipoproteic fractions present in the hemolymph of the spider Grammostola rosea....
Accidents caused by spider bites occur in many countries and represent a public health problem due to their high severity and occurrence of fatal accidents. In Veterinary Medicine, the incidence of arachnidism is cons...
Climate warming has been more pronounced in the Arctic than elsewhere, resulting in a recent rapid glacial retreat. Over 85% of the Almajallojekna glacier has disappeared over the last 115 years and it is one of the f...