What Black Widows can teach us about surviving extreme heat
Black widow spiders might give you the creepy crawlies, but they can also teach us how to survive extreme heat.
ASU researchers, including Katherine Smas, co-lab manager of the Black Widow Lab, are studying how black widow populations change with their environment and how the spiders thrive in places like the Valley, where the urban heat island effect drives temperatures even higher.
Video: Arizona State University
