Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so it's surprising how much we still don't know about them. One long-standing mystery was related to how spiders detect smells. Now, our latest research has ...

While they may incite fear due to their impressive dimensions, these spiders play crucial roles in their ecosystems and have become subjects of significant scientific interest and study.

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 ..

like. The authors believe that the spines on each of the spider’s eight legs evolved as a defense against predators. They point to spininess in other arthropods of the late Carboniferous era ...

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