Some spiders build delicate little nets, others colossal web megacities, and now some in Peru and the Philippines have been ...

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 ...

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 traits.

All spiders produce protein-based biopolymer fibres that we call silk. The most studied of these silks is spider dragline silk, which is very tough and relatively abundant compared with other types of ...

An ancient gene is crucial for the development of the distinctive waist that divides the spider body plan in two, according to a new study. An ancient gene is crucial for the development of the ...

That quiet observation helped launch new research from Queen’s University showing that winter-active spiders make an unusually powerful antifreeze protein that lets them survive subzero temperatures ...