A 500 million-year-old fossil with a spider's brain structure suggests that arachnids may have evolved in the oceans.

As a recovered arachnophobe, I am very familiar with many of the ridiculous spider myths. Spider myths can stem from their ...

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual ...

Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Kremlin has leaned heavily on its deep-rear bomber bases — some over 2,000 miles from the front in Ukraine. It has paired this tactic with launching waves of ...

Spiders and scorpions have ruled as terrestrial predators for 400 million years, with their success often attributed to ...

Over 500 million years ago, a small marine creature swam through Cambrian waters. Its name: Mollisonia symmetrica. Long ...

Finely preserved brain features in a tiny fossil suggest that spiders and their kin may have first evolved in the ocean ...

The answer lies in a perfect combination of specialized anatomy, precise movement techniques, and the complex chemistry of spider silk—a testament to the evolutionary ingenuity of these eight-legged ...

Web-building spiders, by contrast, have poorer eyesight and rely more heavily on vibrations detected through their webs. This diversity in visual capabilities illustrates how spider anatomy has ...

Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web involved 117 remote-controlled drones that were smuggled into Russia over an 18-month period and launched toward parked aircraft by operators miles away.

NASA Study Gave Illegal Drugs To Spiders And Watched What Happened To Their Webs Webs spun whilst on caffeine were particularly chaotic, but that might not be a surprise.