Though sea spiders have thrived for millions of years in a variety of marine conditions—in cold Antarctic waters, on deep ...

Despite their intimidating appearance, tarantulas are surprisingly fragile. In this YouTube video, a veterinarian cares for a ...

Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in ...

Unlike spiders and scorpions, sea spiders didn’t go through ancient genome duplications, making them a rare window into how ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified several thousand species of sea spiders. Most of them live deep in the sea, at depths of over a ...

With four eyes, long legs and claws, a new species of sea spider known as Austropallene halanychi was discovered lurking in the frosty depths of Antarctica.

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

The orb-weaving spider, Araneus ventricosus, has found a way to hack the firefly’s bioluminescent signals to lure more of the glowing insects, according to new research.

A new species of spider found in China has been officially named for Mattel's Hot Wheels toys due to its unusual reproductive anatomy.