King and his Institute colleague, heart disease expert Nathan Palpant, Ph.D., discovered that the Hi1a molecule from the ...

Spiders are most visible in late summer and early fall when males come out to mate. So, they’re busy trying to date, which ...

A spider venom molecule being investigated by a University of Queensland team has met critical benchmarks towards becoming a treatment for heart attack and stroke. Dr Palpant said a subsequent study ...

Heart attacks continue to be one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and even those who survive often face debilitating heart failure. The search for effective treatments has been ongoing, and ...

In China, the arachnids seem to somehow manipulate the flashing of a caught male firefly to resemble a female’s come-hither signal. Once this spider gets a firefly ...