SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Reports of domestic violence resulted in a web of confusion earlier this week when Australian police arrived to find a man attacking not a woman as initially reported, but a spider. Neighbors reported hearing a woman screaming “hysterically” and a man making threats through the walls of a housing unit. Police arrived …read more.

A Ball State University professor and alum have identified a spider species that is able to change colors to match its background when hunting, a rare ability in the animal kingdom. Gary Dodson, Ball State biology professor, and Alissa Anderson, who graduated with a master’s degree in 2012 and is currently pursuing a doctorate at …read more.