Spiders have always lived alongside humans, so it's surprising how much we still don't know about them. One long-standing mystery was related to how spiders detect smells. Now, our latest research has ...

Optical microscope image of a spider's fang superimposed with a silk fiber. Credit: Università di Trento When we think of spiders, the first thing that comes to mind is their ability to weave ...

It looked, at first, like the sort of fossil Rudy Lerosey-Aubril knew well. After a long day of teaching, the Harvard ...