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 ...

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A spider called Kim has been trained to jump on demand by scientists keen to learn the secrets of her acrobatic ability.The circus act study could help engineers design agile mini-robots that are ...