Researchers from the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin- Madison have created the first chromosome-level ...

Someone (usually me) in your home informs you that there is a gigantic spider in the bathroom that needs dealing with, only ...

A translucent Sericosura sea spider. Image via Shana Goffredi “I came up out of the submersible all dejected because I thought we didn’t collect any,” Goffredi told SFGate. “And it turned out we’d ...

Other species of sea spider share more in common with their terrestrial cousins, using large tubelike fangs to capture, immobilize and suck the fluids from soft-bodied prey, such as jellyfish ...

In this symbiotic relationship, bacteria take up real estate on the spider’s exoskeletons, and in return, the microbes convert carbon-rich methane and oxygen into sugars and fats the spiders can eat, ...