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

Two species of spiders have been observed for the first time weaving larger “decoy” models of themselves to protect themselves from predators. The findings mark the first instance of any creature ...

What’s scarier than a spider? A really big spider, of course. A newfound defensive tactic takes advantage of this idea: researchers documented spiders building giant spiderlike silhouettes on their ...

Some jumping spiders look so much like wasps that scientists named them for the predatory insects. But University of Cincinnati biologists wondered: Do these mimics really look like insect faces or is ...

You probably think of snakes as fearsome predators that sit near the top of the food chain. While that is often true, snakes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not ...

During the cold and quiet winter, most insects and their predators vanish from sight. But tucked into silken sacs under pear tree bark, some tiny hunters are very much awake. These are Clubiona ...

Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might suppose. Arachnids provide essential services for ...