Spider diagram Given the incredible complexity of spiders’ webs we must ask how such a small animal – with an obviously minute brain – can design and build this advanced structure.

Spiders' ancestors evolved to use their appendages in very weird ways. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There seems to be no ...

Scientists may have uncovered why spiders are so creepy-crawly—they have more legs than they need, a new study says. After collecting thousands of female spiders in the wild, scientists found ...

Though sea spiders have thrived for millions of years in a variety of marine conditions—in cold Antarctic waters, on deep seafloors and along rocky, estuarine shorelines—it is correct to call them ...

Underwater 'Spider' Breathes Through Its Legs. This bizarre animal uses its guts, not its heart, to pump oxygen through its body. By Shaena Montanari. July 10, 2017 ...

The ogre-faced spider catches flying insects in a web-like net without being able to see them – we now know it is because the spider can hear them with its legs ...

A spider's legs are covered in hairy bristles called setae. A precise movement by the spider causes the sticky droplets to slide to the tip of the setae, where contact between the two is minimized.

Dan-Dan Zhang received funding from Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet I Lund on spider research. Gabriele Uhl received funding for exploring the chemical sense of spiders from the German Science ...

Spider legs seem to have minds of their own. According to findings published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, each leg functions as a semi-independent “computer,” with sensors ...