Posts Tagged: University of Maryland

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...

Harvesters or daddy-long legs mating. (Photo courtesy of Mercedes Burns Lab)

Harvesters or daddy-long legs mating. (Photo courtesy of Mercedes Burns Lab)

Harvestman collected in Japan. (Photo by Mercedes Burns)

Harvestman collected in Japan. (Photo by Mercedes Burns)

Mercedes Burns on collecting trip in Japan.

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...

A redfemured spotted orbweaver, Neoscona domiciliorum, photographed in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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)

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)

It's a wrap. A honey bee encased in a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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