Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so it's surprising how much we still don't know about them. One long-standing ...

Sensory organs on the walking legs of the male wasp spider can catch the scent of a female in a mood for romance.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the world of biology. There are over 45,000 species of spiders in existence, but here are three that are guaranteed to ..

New research reveals how spiders use specialised leg hairs to detect airborne scents like pheromones for mate location ...

Not only is it larger and hairier than other spiders in its genus, it is the only kind with long, fluffy, "feather-duster" legs. T. grande was first discovered in 2008 in Viñales National Park ...

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.

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory ...