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

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

It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

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 ...

There seems to be no ideal number of legs. Humans have two, dogs have four, insects have six and millipedes can have over 1,000. So what made spiders settle for eight legs?

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

Scientists Are Turning Dead Spider Legs Into Grippers, Which Is Definitely Nightmare Fuel Engineers figured out how to manipulate a dead, curled-up arachnid and transform it into a mechanical gripper.

Georgia-based singer Gabe Lustman spent five days in the hospital and nearly lost his leg due to a brown recluse spider bite. Here's what to know about symptoms and treatments.

SPIDERS and daddy-long-legs are a familiar site in our households, often popping up unexpectedly in our bathrooms and kitchens. Crane flies, harvestmen and cellar spiders are all known as daddy-lon… ...

Engineers find they can manipulate the legs of dead spiders to serve as grippers.

Spider veins are smaller and thinner than varicose veins and typically appear on the face or legs.

Are they really the most venomous spider in the world? You might have heard the claim that daddy-long-legs are really dangerous, but they just don't have big enough fangs to bite us.