Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Bioacoustic Physiology - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Institut for Biologi - Zoofysiologi, Aarhus Universitet

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The lab was delighted to host Professor Eileen Hebets, the John T. Emlen lecturer this year! For more on her fantastic work on spider songs and dances, please visit hebetslab.unl.edu.

Everyone in the City Needs Soundproofing, Even Spiders Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise pollution.

City spiders! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/s...

Web transmission properties vary with a spider’s past and current noise exposure Animals rely on the reception of accurate information for survival and reproduction. Environmental noise, especially from human activity, challenges i…

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Web transmission properties vary with a spider’s past and current noise exposure Animals rely on the reception of accurate information for survival and reproduction. Environmental noise, especially from human activity, challenges i…

Do you think cities are LOUD 🔊? Spiders seem to think so! 🕷️

Urban 🌆 spiders construct webs that lose energy at a much broader range than the webs of rural spiders 🌱 likely to avoid sensory overload! 🧠

by Dr. Brandi Pessman & @hebetslab.bsky.social

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