A new study by researchers at the University of Galway's School of Natural Sciences has revealed why some spiders possess ...

While spiders do have flexor (that is, bending) muscles in their legs, they don’t have the extensor muscles required for leg extension and power jumping. Instead, they use an unusual strategy ...

Tarsus also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $15.0 million of shares of its common stock offered in the proposed offering. All shares in the ...

When threatened by a predator, spiders can detach their legs in a process called autotomy – up to 40 per cent of wild spiders have missing legs as a result. Their legs fully grow back when they ...

Male wasp spiders use the hairs on their legs to sniff out mates 1. A sense of taste has been documented in many spiders, but how most species smell airborne chemicals remains a mystery ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory hairs called wall-pore sensilla on their legs as a “nose” to detect the ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory hairs called wall-pore sensilla on their legs as a “nose” to detect the sex ...

Daddy-long-legs, which look like spiders with thin legs much longer than their bodies, are generally seen as harmless. But according to many versions of a popular rumor, daddy-long-legs are ...