MUNCIE, Ind. – Spiders are perhaps the most feared invertebrates on the planet. Their eight long legs seem to move almost as if each of them has a mind of their own rather than belonging to one ...

As a recovered arachnophobe, I am very familiar with many of the ridiculous spider myths. Spider myths can stem from their ...

New research shows spiders didn’t come from the Earth’s land habitats as once believed but originated in ancient seas.

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen—may be tied to a missing gene. The ...

In the press release, Setton remarked, “Our work identified a new and unexpected gene involved in patterning the iconic spider body plan. More broadly, this work highlights the function of new ...

Unlike spiders and scorpions, sea spiders didn’t go through ancient genome duplications, making them a rare window into how early arthropods may have looked and evolved.

Spiders and their arachnid relatives may have actually originated in the sea, according to analysis of an "exquisitely ...

The spider body is divided into two sections, separated by a narrow waist. Compared to insects and crustaceans, relatively little is known about embryonic development in spiders, and the genes ...