Sometimes, the best survival strategy is disguising yourself like something no one wants to eat, much less mess with and dig ...

One of the more creatively named dishes, spider rolls are completely bug-free. Here's what really goes into these crunchy, ...

A new analysis of an exquisitely preserved fossil that lived half a billion years ago suggests that arachnids—spiders and their close kin—evolved in the ocean, challenging the widely held belief that ...

The new species of crab spider was discovered in China’s Fujian Province. Photo by Imat Bagja Gumilar on Unsplash Named for their crablike shape and walking patterns that mimic crabs, crab spiders are ...

Tens of thousands of giant spider crabs were captured on video migrating in Port Phillip Bay, Australia. The crab swarm happens every year as the water cools and the creatures "come into the shallows ...

Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 88, No. 1, Special Feature with Functional Ecology: Eco-evolutionary dynamics across scales (January 2019), pp. 102-113 (12 pages) 1. Nutritional mutualisms are one of ...

Connecticut's first documented specimen of a highly invasive crab species native to eastern Asia was found at the end of June in Greenwich's Mianus Pond fishway. The Department of Energy and ...

A spider that looks like a Pokémon? What many might think are AI-generated photos actually exist. Platythomisus octomaculatus ...