Creepy crawly alert! In the icy South Atlantic, researchers have photographed a fascinating-looking creature at a depth of ...

According to a 2011 study in the journal Animal Behaviour, removing one palp reduces the spider's body weight and increases its endurance, thereby boosting its ability to fight.This finding ...

A 10-month-old spider monkey at a Florida zoo had to have its arm amputated after it was involved in a freak accident.

Meet the monkey who befriended a dog and loves to cuddle and watch movies with his owner. Michael Robison, 45, rescued ...

Today animal species’ names follow guidelines set ... German arachnologist Peter Jäger says he named his spider H. davidbowie for both purposes. “Of course,” he says of the singer ...

Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have spines behind and in front of their short eye stalks.

Mar. 7, 2025 — When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of ...

The 10-month-old male spider monkey named Sully weaved his arm through the mesh-style fencing in his habitat and wasn’t able ...

A reader captured this spider nest in the Kruger National Park. Our expert explains. Vanessa Nieuwoudt from Pretoria writes: I took this photo in the Kruger National Park. Which spiders live in such ...

Stretching spider silk makes it stronger New study finds the amount of stretching determines the fibers' properties Date: March 7, 2025 Source: Northwestern University Summary: When they weave ...