Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Hurricanes drive the evolution of more aggressive spiders

Researchers who rush in after storms to study the behavior of spiders have found that extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones may have an evolutionary impact on populations living in storm-prone regions, where aggressive spiders have the best odds of survival.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ZinhE0

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