Welcome to weird and wonderful world of ‘necrobotics’ In a recent scientific invention that left us thinking ‘why?’, ‘ew’ and ‘nature is crazy’, researchers have effectively reanimated dead spiders to create robot claws that can grip things on command. The incredible piece of natural technology has been pioneered as part of a research project at […]

3 years ago

Arachnophobes look away now In an almost sci-fi-level scary headline, a deadly group of spiders have been spotted catching and eating bats for the very first time in the UK. As captured by wildlife photographer Ben Waddams, a juvenile pipistrelle bat can be seen wrapped in the web of the invasive noble false widow species […]

4 years ago