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Despite their appearance, wolf spiders are generally harmless. Despite being poisonous, this wolf spider look-alike poses ...
The arachnids are like spiders' more frightening-looking cousins. But if you think they're waiting to ambush innocent hikers, ...
Unlike spiders and scorpions, sea spiders didn’t go through ancient genome duplications, making them a rare window into how ...
Sephora customers are warning beauty lovers not to purchase Sol de Janeiro Delícia Drench Body Butter, claiming that it entices scarily large arachnids that, in one case, chase the wearer.
Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.
"This compact arachnid had a body length of about 1.5 centimeters and is characterized by its remarkably robust and spiny legs -- such that it is quite unlike any other arachnid known, living or ...
“The fossil’s very spiny legs are reminiscent of some modern harvestmen, but its body plan is quite different from a harvestman or any other known arachnid group,” co-author Jason Dunlop of ...
“This compact arachnid had a body length of about 1.5 centimeters and is characterized by its remarkably robust and spiny legs — such that it is quite unlike any other arachnid known, living ...
A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient creature related to the modern-day spider was recovered encased in fool’s gold in upstate New York. The new species is distantly related to arachnids ...
Researchers sequenced the genome of a sea spider, revealing it lacks whole-genome duplication seen in related arachnids. This ...
The arachnids are found in forests and caves across New Zealand. The three types of males are defined by their body size and shape and fall into a sexual hierarchy based on which type of male they ...