An ancient ancestor of spiders and relatives doubled its genome about 400 million years ago, setting the stage for the ...

Even though its brain is smaller than a grain of rice, this spider plans ahead, adapts mid-hunt and outsmarts prey larger ...

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Quick, think of every place you’ve seen a spider. A forest ...