Pycnogonum litorale, adult male feeding on a sea anemone. C: Georg Brenneis The first high-quality pycnogonid genome provides ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin- Madison have created the first chromosome-level ...

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 ...

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to ...

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to the first-ever ...

Black Widow Spider. Image via Unsplash One of the most significant benefits of spiders is their role as natural pest controllers. Spiders are voracious eaters with diets that primarily consist of ...

Criminal Minds' had viewers worried that the show is about to kill off a main character following a surprise shooting ...

Carol Fukushima, a researcher at the Finnish Museum of Natural History, in Helsinki, who has studied tarantulas, says snagging spider criminals may not be a high priority for law enforcement officers.

Despite being separated by 100 million years of evolution, this ancient spider shares surprising similarities with spiders alive today. The basic body plan—with a cephalothorax, abdomen, eight legs, ...

Spiders and their ancestors have been driving an arms race that began before either stepped foot onto land and resulted in the first powered flight on Earth. But how did this competition of webs ...

It explains the anatomy of spiders, including their two body parts, eight legs, and fangs used for injecting venom. The film also demonstrates how spiders spin silk to catch prey and describes ...