Helicopter damselflies specialize in preying on web-building spiders, like the little orb weavers. This predatory flyer is ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen—may be tied to a missing gene. The detailed ...

Anyone who has watched a daddy longlegs spider move across a wall or garden floor has probably noticed something that feels ...

Spider silk occupies a distinct place in natural materials science for its combination of mechanical strength, toughness and ...

The newfound species belongs to the family of 'ladybird velvet spiders' but the bodily features display starkly unusual ...