/channels/taxonomy/term/27941/all en /channels/channels/news/not-so-sweet-after-all-are-candy-striped-spiders-threat-ecosystems-across-north-america-347859 <div class="bl-tpl">For years, pollinator declines have been a pressing issue for ecosystem health and food security in the face of climate change and human impacts on the environment. Even in their sleep, pollinating insects cannot catch a break – for fear they’ll be taken down by a small, but mighty predator: the candy-striped spider. Research published in <i>Ecology </i>took a closer look into this spider’s behaviour and found that the result of their stealth attacks could have substantial impacts on ecosystems.</div> Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:48:18 +0000 webfull 189095 at /channels /channels/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 ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™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 17:40:20 +0000 webfull 182242 at /channels /channels/channels/news/spiders-caught-web-internet-lies-341275 <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 ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™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, 01 Sep 2022 19:45:07 +0000 webfull 181954 at /channels