Members of the arachnid class—think spiders, scorpions and harvestmen (daddy long legs)—are often the targets of revulsion, disgust and fear. Yet, they are crucial for ecosystems to thrive. Given the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Associated Press has captured footage of a new species of arachnid on camera for the first time. Biologists in southern Spain ...

This fossilized arachnid is a new species named Douglassarachne acanthopoda. Meet Douglassarachne acanthopoda, a strange arachnid that has stepped into the paleontology spotlight. It has stocky, spine ...

A research team from Munich has identified a previously unknown communication mechanism in harvestmen. Five closely related species show species-specific, strongly fluorescent structures on their ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A recent study reveals a vast and unregulated global trade in invertebrates, posing a risk of overexploitation of some species in the wild. A group ...

It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. As the domestic and international pet spider market grows, it has been revealed that over 1,200 species of arachnids, ...

Whip spiders, considered by many to be creepy-crawly, are giving new meaning to the term touchy-feely. In two species of whip spiders, or amblypygids, mothers caress their young with long feelers, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jorō spider, a non-native arachnid species spotted throughout cities in the Southeast is headed straight to Augusta, experts ...

The Associated Press has captured footage of a new species of arachnid on camera for the first time. Biologists in southern Spain discovered the new species - the first of its kind to be found in the ...