Voracious spiders eat as much as 800 million tonnes of prey a year

Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 04:31 in Biology & Nature

Spiders get a bad rap. Seen as terrifying pests by many, these eight-legged creatures may be underappreciated: a new study has estimated just how much spiders consume annually and how essential they are to our environment.

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