One spider’s art is another’s junk. The trashline orbweaver doesn’t have a typical aesthetic sense—it wraps up poop, leftover pieces of prey and other debris in a straight line.

Dara Ojo is a master of wildlife macrophotography — extreme close-up shots showing little critters in all their odd, beautiful glory.

These tiny jumping spiders walk like ants to evade predators "Its gait and trajectory show high similarity with multiple ant species.” Jennifer Ouellette – May 18, 2023 6:05 pm ...

This chick was foraging for small invertebrates when a beach wolf spider attacked it. Eventually shaking it off, the chick fled to its parents nearby. Although well-known for their defensive ...

Watch As Tiny Spider Cheekily Impersonates Ant To Avoid Being Eaten. Published May 17, 2023 at 1:37 PM EDT. By . Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK.

We discovered that the splendid peacock spiders accelerated at 127.8 m/s² – more than twice as fast as the previous highest known acceleration in jumping spiders.

Despite its tiny size, the spruce-fir moss spider is actually classified as a tarantula, and according to the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), it’s one of the smallest in the world.