Forget deadbeat dads: These devoted spiders guard their babies, and science finally knows why

Citizen science data from iNaturalist, combined with decades of fieldwork, has revealed the complex evolutionary history of parental care in harvestmen spiders. Researchers documented parental guarding behavior evolving, disappearing, and reemerging multiple times, offering insights into the development of this rare trait in the animal kingdom.

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