Discover the truth — and a few debunked myths — about the octo-legged, cobweb-spinning, lurking arachnid: The spider.

The arthropods can tailor their toxins depending on whether they are hunting prey or defending themselves from predators, ...

wrote a paper in collaboration with one of his students that was published in the scientific journal Arthropoda in May 2023, showing that Joro spiders are “extremely shy” compared to other ...

It's not surprising the strikingly large, colorful spiders native to Asia have reached the national park. What does it mean ...

You might think the bigger the animal, the more it should cost on both legal and illegal animal markets. These four creepy ...

Arthropods belong to an evolutionary branch – the ecdysozoa – that contains about half of all animal species, and the earliest fossil evidence of the group now dates back 550 million years ...

If you've noticed an increase in webs appearing around your neighborhood, there's no need to call Spider-Man. What you're ...

What is clear is that joros are not exceptionally aggressive spiders — quite the opposite, in fact. Davis, whose research focuses on animal physiology, wrote a paper in collaboration with one of his ...

wrote a paper in collaboration with one of his students that was published in the scientific journal "Arthropoda" in May 2023, showing that joro spiders are “extremely shy” compared to other ...

Such appendages include the antennae of insects and crustaceans, and the pincers and fangs of spiders and scorpions. "Today, there are more species of arthropod than any other group of animals on ...

A worm-like creature preserved in ancient rock has just been identified as the oldest known relative of insects, spiders and crustaceans. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 20 2024) The perpetual use of pesticide coated seeds and tillage changed the composition of ...