Ximena Nelson

Ximena Nelson

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Ximena Nelson is Professor of Animal Behavior at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her work has been published in a range of scientific journals, including Biological Reviews, Animal Behaviour, Journal of Experimental Biology, and Animal Cognition.

Latest articles by Ximena Nelson

Three images of spiders together.

Three remarkable spiders: A vegetarian, a vampire and a predator that uses 'pincer, fork and key'

By Ximena Nelson published

In this extract from "The Lives of Spiders: A Natural History of the World's Spiders," author Ximena Nelson examines three species of spider with unusual diets — plants, blood and pillbugs.

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