/macdonald/taxonomy/term/6987/all en /macdonald/channels/news/are-candy-striped-spiders-threat-north-american-ecosystems-348073 <p>Research published in <em>Ecology </em>took a closer look into the candy-striped spider’s diet and behaviour and found that these spiders use a variety of tactics to take down prey much larger than themselves, including sleeping bees and wasps.</p> Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:52:13 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 1303274 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/spiders-caught-web-internet-lies-341568 <p>It’s no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of misinformation in many areas of life. A collective of researchers, including <a href="http://www.lymanlab.ca/our-team.html">Catherine Scott</a>, Postdoctoral Fellow in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University’s Lyman Lab, have explored this phenomenon as it applies to news about spiders. The verdict? Don’t blindly trust anything you read online about these eight-legged arthropods—or anything else for that matter—and always consider the source.</p> Thu, 08 Sep 2022 17:40:19 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 976310 at /macdonald