It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out the evolution of almost everything with eight legs. But that's the potential ...

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.

Deep within Oahu's forests lurks the "Bone Collector," a carnivorous caterpillar with a gruesome camouflage strategy. This ...

Body parts belonging to at least six different families of insects (some labeled) have been found woven onto caterpillar cases. Unlabeled pieces are skin shed from a host spider. Rubinoff lab ...

Bone collectors size up each body part they scavenge from corpses or spider sheddings. The caterpillars “examine everything they come across,” says Rubinoff.

The Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District getting local kids familiar with some eight-legged friends Wednesday.

What happened next: Shortly after the woman arrived at the hospital, her symptoms intensified. Her eye continued to swell until it was almost entirely shut. Within 10 to 20 minutes of being admitted, ...

Researchers have identified several thousand species of sea spiders. Most of them live deep in the sea, at depths of over a ...