The Tetragnatha spider stretches its legs to become nearly invisible. Learn how this clever behavior helps it hunt and ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in ...

Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

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For decades, people have spread the rumor that daddy-long-legs are the most venomous spider. But the spiders’ venom isn’t strong enough to hurt people.

A video of a dog with bended legs that make it look like a spider has gone viral. Above, a chihuahua. Getty Images. Uhmanda said: "That is most definitely not your dog anymore." ...

Giant huntsman spiders are the largest member of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae with a leg span stretching up to 12 inches across — roughly the size of a dinner plate.

How does a spider stretch its legs? That question is an old zoologist baffler. Spiders have no leg-stretching muscles, yet they have an unquestioned ability to unflex all eight pedal extremities.

Lab manipulates dead spiders' legs with a puff of air to serve as grabbers. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 07 / 220725105559.htm ...

But the spiders’ venom isn’t strong enough to hurt people. “Daddy-long-legs” spiders don’t have venom that’s strong enough to make people sick and a bite from one won’t kill you.