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 ...

Using unconventional methods, the researchers showed just how good birds are at distinguishing wasp mimics from the real ...

Scientists discovered three new species of sea spiders that live near the ocean floor and feast on bacteria that convert ...

Goldenrod crab spiders look a little like miniature crabs, hence the name, and sometimes hold their large front legs curved in front of their heads in a crab-like pose.

There are about 3,000 species of crab spider worldwide, with a couple hundred of those found in North America. These ...

Whether you love or hate them, spiders are a natural part of your garden. However, if you see a sharp increase in their ...

This crab spider’s prey consists of flies, bees, moths and other insects that hang around the same flowers the spiders do. As insects land on flowers to collect food themselves, the crab spider uses ...

Researchers sequenced the genome of a sea spider, revealing it lacks whole-genome duplication seen in related arachnids. This ...

In a shocking display of matriphagy, a mother centipede sacrifices herself for her offspring by becoming their meal.

Scientists found the new species of giant crab spider at a research station located in the heart of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, northern Ecuador. A study has described the find in the journal ...

Some crab spiders have ditched webs for flowers. Masters of disguise, female Thomisus guangxicus spiders blend in with petals, which allows the arachnids to nab insects that pass by while fooling ...

A diver was swimming amid thousands of spider crabs off the coast of Victoria, Australia, when she noticed that one of them was trapped by the leg in a fishing line.