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Mercedes Burns: Evolutionary Biology of Sex and Sexual Conflict of Harvesters
Evolutionary biologist Mercedes Burns of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, should draw a large crowd when she discusses her research on the evolutionary biology of sex and sexual conflict of harvesters or "daddy-longlegs." Burns, an assistant professor of biological sciences, will...
Harvesters or daddy-long legs mating. (Photo courtesy of Mercedes Burns Lab)
Harvestman collected in Japan. (Photo by Mercedes Burns)
Mercedes Burns on collecting trip in Japan.
Sarah Stellwagen: On the Trail of Spider Glue
Spider glue: it's a sticky subject but there's much more to it than that. "Most people are unaware of the glue on a spider's web because you can't see the droplets with your naked eye, but it's a really important feature of the web that spiders rely on to capture prey," says postdoctoral...
A redfemured spotted orbweaver, Neoscona domiciliorum, photographed in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An orbweaving spider wraps its prey, a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a wrap. A honey bee encased in a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
