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.

Citizen science data from popular platform iNaturalist has helped uncover the evolution of parental guarding behaviour in harvestmen, as shown in research published in the…

Citizen science data from iNaturalist, combined with decades of fieldwork, has revealed the complex evolutionary history of parental care in harvestmen spiders. Researchers…