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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (PIX11) – There’s a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robots, equipped with cameras and disguised as animals, were deployed in the BBC TV series Spies in the Ocean to capture surprising behaviour ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore the giant Japanese spider crab and its extraordinary size and behavior.

A side-by-side comparison of the brains of a horseshoe crab (left), the Mollisonia fossil (center) and a modern spider (right) reveal the surprising findings of this study: The organization of ...