In this paper, 374 incidents of frog predation by spiders are reported based on a
comprehensive global literature and social media survey. Frog-catching spiders have been …

Vertebrate predation by invertebrates has been classically underexplored and thus
underestimated, despite the fact that many arthropods consume vertebrates. To shed some …

Wildlife trade is a major driver of biodiversity loss, yet whilst the impacts of trade in some
species are relatively well-known, some taxa, such as many invertebrates are often …

South America is the fourth largest continent on the planet; its birds, mammals, and
amphibian's biodiversity is relatively well known, but no outright assessment of the continent …

We present a total evidence phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical orb-weaving spider
genus Wagneriana and discuss the phylogenetic impacts of methodological choices. We …

The understanding of the trophic interactions of the ecological network is of great
importance, sometimes being able to describe how the flow of energy in the ecosystem …

Although spiders constitute a highly diversified group of animals, the knowledge regarding
their geographic distribution (ie, the so-called Wallacean shortfall) and diversity patterns is …

Throughout the Neotropics, temperature and precipitation change with elevation and these
changes affect the assemblage of species at any particular elevation. We documented the …

A new solifuge species in the genus Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924 and the ibirapemussu
species-group is herein described based on males and females collected at Itacuruba, State …

Background Coiba National Park is an offshore region on the Pacific side of Panama, which
hosts several endemic species of animals and plants. It was declared a UNESCO World …