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Jumping Spiders' Unique Vision RevealedJumping spiders gauge distances by compared a focused image with a defocused image.
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Sweet dreams, spidey: Arachnids experience REM sleep, and may even dreamSpiders likely sleep and dream like humans do.
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Dead spiders reanimated as creepy 'necrobots'Researchers have turned dead wolf spiders into machine grippers that can be used to pick up a variety of objects, including other spiders, by blowing air into their lifeless corpses.
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Male spiders drum out mesmerizing syncopated beats to woo matesMale spiders that dance to their own beat are more likely to win mates compared to those that stick to a formula, new research finds.
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What is the largest arachnid to ever live?What's the largest arachnid ever on Earth? The answer is not so simple, say scientists.
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These male spiders use built-in leg catapults to escape sexual cannibalismOnce mating is over, male orb-weavers catapult off the bodies of females to avoid being eaten, moving at a speed that's too fast to glimpse with the naked eye.
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'Berserker' geckos slam scorpions into oblivion before eating them, epic new footage showsViolent head shaking helps normally placid geckos subdue dangerous scorpion prey.
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Spiders hunt in packs of hundreds to swarm preyPack hunting spiders use web vibrations to coordinate their attacks.
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Millions of palm-size, flying spiders could invade the East Coast, scientists sayScientists believe that Joro spiders arrived in the U.S. as stowaways in a shipping container.
