This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sara Goodacre, a professor of evolutionary biology who studies how spider silk can be used in medicine and engineering. It has been edited for ...

Spiders are well known for the variety of methods they use to capture prey. Some are agile jumpers that pounce on their ...

A trapdoor spider, known only as “Number 16,” was first documented to science in 1974. Amazingly, it survived until 2016.

It's a question that keeps some scientists awake at night: Do spiders sleep? Daniela Roessler and her colleagues trained cameras on baby jumping spiders at night to find out. The footage showed ...

Sea spiders can regrow body parts after amputation and not just limbs, according to a study released on Monday that may pave the way for further scientific research into regeneration.

A new study by members of the Karnataka Spider Club has provided valuable insights into the genus Stenaelurillus, a group of medium-sized jumping spiders found across the Indian subcontinent.

The best of these gifts are nuggets of fresh insect meat a female can feed on while a male inserts sperm. The more time she spends opening and eating her gift, the more sperm he can deliver. That ...

Slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) don’t just passively wait for their prey to find its way into their web. Instead, they take action. These arachnids–also called ray spiders–pull the center of ...