Though sea spiders have thrived for millions of years in a variety of marine conditions—in cold Antarctic waters, on deep ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in ...

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 ...

Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

Male (bottom) and female (top) wasp spiders (A. bruennichi). Michael Schmitt. The wall-pore sensilla are located on the upper part of the male’s legs (close to the body), areas that hardly come ...

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 ...

Surprisingly, the team found that the spiders (but only adult males) are using their legs to smell. Commonly known as the wasp spider for females' striking striped appearance, Argiope bruennichi males ...

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 ...

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 ...

Then, they tried using the spider—which tends to be about 1 to 2 inches wide, including the legs, to pick up various items of different sizes and weights, like a dice-sized cube, a circuit board ...