Bold spiders ensure a bright future for the whole colony

Bold spiders ensure a bright future for the whole colony [First published by The Conversation. I ran into this research on ‘leadership’ in a social spider species whilst reading for an altogether different work (a forthcoming book on non-human democracy).] Stegodyphus dumicola is a social spider. This curious little creature lives in shared nests with more than 2,000 others. […]

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