An ancient ancestor of spiders and relatives doubled its genome about 400 million years ago, setting the stage for the ...

Scientists have uncovered a 400-million-year-old genetic secret that gave spiders the ability to produce silk and weave their ...

Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

Daddy long-legs spiders often appear to walk on six legs, with one pair held aloft. This isn't a defect but a specialized ...