Web-building species spin their webs and wait for insects to wander in, while hunting spiders like tarantulas roam independently in search of prey. Out of the more than 45,000 known spider species, ...

Researchers peered inside the brains of huntsman and crab spiders using micro CT scanners and found while spiders’ brains don’t have to be bigger for them to live in groups, social spiders are wired ...

Scientists suggest social spiders are more about going with the flow than sticking to a role, after new research challenges the idea of fixed personalities. New research led by the University of ...