An ancient ancestor of spiders and relatives doubled its genome about 400 million years ago, setting the stage for the ...

Centipedes are not insects either. But centipedes are more closely related to insects than worms are. And that is because ...

Discover why only female Darwin's bark spiders produce the strongest silk, surpassing steel in toughness and strength.

An ancient gene is crucial for the development of the distinctive waist that divides the spider body plan in two, according to a new study. An ancient gene is crucial for the development of the ...

Andreas Kay / Flickr / Dylan Thomas / Facebook Look out Peter Parker, there may be a new Spider-Man coming your way. An Australian tourist named Dylan Thomas brought back a bite-sized souvenir from ...

Spider silk is one of nature’s toughest substances, similar in strength to the Kevlar plastic found in bulletproof vests but much more flexible. Kraig Biocraft, a company out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, ...

Spiders often appear in homes for simple reasons, such as seeking shelter and food. Most of the species are not only harmless but also eat the insects in your home that you dislike.

Spider embryo with a loss of the waist region upon knockdown of the gene waistless. Hoechst staining with fluorescent stereomicroscopy. An ancient gene is crucial for the development of the ...