A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people ...

Andreas Kay / Flickr / Dylan Thomas / Facebook Look out Peter Parker, there may be a new Spider-Man coming your way. An Australian tourist named Dylan Thomas brought back a bite-sized souvenir from ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Spiders are perhaps the most feared invertebrates on the planet. Their eight long legs seem to move almost as if each of them has a mind of their own rather than belonging to one ...

Ever wondered why dead spiders curl up? It's not a final pose but a fascinating consequence of their unique hydraulic system.

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 ...

Shortly after the Preston Innovation Lab was set up at Rice University, graduate student Faye Yap was rearranging a few things when she noticed a dead curled-up spider in the hallway. Curious about ...

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to the first-ever chromosome-level genome assembly of a sea spider (Pycnogonum ...

Spider silk is one of nature’s toughest substances, similar in strength to the Kevlar plastic found in bulletproof vests but much more flexible. Kraig Biocraft, a company out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, ...

Spider silk occupies a distinct place in natural materials science for its combination of mechanical strength, toughness and ...