Ion‐conducting polymers such as hydrogels have soft, flexible, and stretchable properties
that enable humans to intimately interact with other living things. They are important …

Trait databases have become important resources for large-scale comparative studies in
ecology and evolution. Here we introduce the AnimalTraits database, a curated database of …

Net-casting spiders (Deinopidae) comprise a charismatic family with an enigmatic
evolutionary history. There are 67 described species of deinopids, placed among three …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an increasingly pervasive pollutant that alters animal
behaviour and physiology, with cascading impacts on development and survival. Recent …

Animals have evolved behavioral and morphological traits that allow them to respond to
environmental challenges. However, these traits may have long-term consequences that …

Turbidity challenges the visual performance of aquatic animals. Here, we use the natural
diversity of ephemeral rearing sites occupied by tadpoles of two poison frog species to …

Spiders possess a wide array of sensory‐driven behaviors and therefore provide rich
models for studying evolutionary hypotheses about the relationship between brain …

Prey capture behavior among spiders varies greatly from passive entrapment in webs to
running down prey items on foot. Somewhere in the middle are the ogre-faced, net-casting …

Lesion verification and quantification is traditionally done via histological examination of
sectioned brains, a time-consuming process that relies heavily on manual estimation. Such …

Spider brain and central nervous system (CNS) have remained unexplored, due in part to
the difficulty of observing these organs, usually only possible through histological …