Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spiders communicate using complex movement and vibration patterns. To find a solution for this long-standing problem, a University ...

Several cases of "spatial orientation" were recorded among the spiders living in both trees and in underground burrows.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Cyclosa spider is camouflaged on a web with debris attached to make itself less visible at the Los Amigos Biological Station, ...

Researchers have documented several cases of spatial orientation in tarantulas living both in trees and in underground burrows. Spatial orientation refers to the ability of an animal to understand ...

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...

Of the nine observations of both forest-living and ground-dwelling tarantulas in their habitats, the team found tree-living species had more limited space for hunting and navigation. However the ...

A Cyclosa spider is camouflaged on a web with debris attached to make itself less visible at the Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru. Emanuele Biggi, Nature Picture Library In a narrow passage deep ...