Anyone who has watched a daddy longlegs spider move across a wall or garden floor has probably noticed something that feels slightly off. Even though it clearly has eight legs, it often appears to ...

Members of the arachnid class—think spiders, scorpions and harvestmen (daddy long legs)—are often the targets of revulsion, disgust and fear. Yet, they are crucial for ecosystems to thrive. Given the ...

Kaleb is about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over an inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a venomous spider ...

Learn more about two spider species that use their webs to create complex spider doppelgängers for protection from large predators. In the depths of the Amazon and across the humid forests of the ...

This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it. Survival demands remarkable strategies in the understory of tropical ...

"Spiders" populate the area near Inca City on Mars as seen by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. “Signs of spiders from Mars” is an eye-catching title for an announcement from the European Space Agency.

A new study published in Ecology and Evolution documents that orb-weaving Cyclosa spiders build large, spider-shaped decoys into their webs to deter predators. Specifically, orb-weaving Cyclosa ...