The Tetragnatha spider stretches its legs to become nearly invisible. Learn how this clever behavior helps it hunt and ...

How does a spider stretch its legs? That question is an old zoologist baffler. Spiders have no leg-stretching muscles, yet they have an unquestioned ability to unflex all eight pedal extremities.

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...

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 ...

Imagine if instead of blood vessels, intestines snaked through your limbs. And then picture that through these intestines coursed not only this morning’s breakfast in a slosh of digestive juices ...

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 ...

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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 ...