Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bird-dropping spider (Phrynarachne decipiens, Thomisidae) is a species of crab spider. It mimics a bird dropping in its appearance ...

Deep beneath the Balkans, a massive sulfur-fed cave hosts a colony of 111,000 spiders in one shared web, defying typical ...

The knotty sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, is not actually a spider, but it does represent a significant early branch in the genetic family tree that includes spiders, as well as scorpions, ticks and ...

Half a billion years ago, a strange sea-dwelling creature called Mollisonia symmetrica may have paved the way for modern spiders. Using detailed fossil brain analysis, researchers uncovered neural ...

A new study has revealed why some spiders possess venom that is far more potent than others. By analyzing the venoms of more than 70 different spider species, the team explored whether factors such as ...

Spiders’ ability to spin webs may be one consequence of a really big genetic mistake. A close look at the genetics and development of spinnerets — spiders’ silk-making organs — reveals that an early ...