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Spiders can be effective pest control agents. (Shutterstock)

Studying the stomach contents of spiders shows how they help control crop pests

Spiders liquefy their prey in order to consume it, and this makes it challenging to determine what spiders eat. A new approach that uses DNA barcoding is helping researchers figure out spider diets.
Eventually weather, pests and disease will take their toll, but the story doesn’t end there. Emanuel David / 500px via Getty Images

How do trees die?

Even in death, a tree helps others live.
One distinction between a snail and a slug: The snail has a shell. maxphotography/Moment via Getty Images

Why are snails and slugs so slow?

These members of the mollusk family may be slow, small and slimy, but they are an indispensable part of the ecosystem.

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