When spiders self-amputate two of their legs, they quickly adjust their running gait so they can return to full speed ...

Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to ...

The Goliath birdeater spider, native to South America's rainforests, is the biggest spider in the world, with a leg span reaching up to 12 inches (31 cm). The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos, ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomedical Engineering have found that studying blood flow in leg ...

Leg span is the more dramatic way to measure spiders, especially big ones like tarantulas. You're essentially stretching out a spider's legs as far as they can go and measuring from the tip of one ...

However, the Uloboridae spiders make their webs out of a wooly silk (called cribellate) which has velcro-like strands in which the insect’s legs and bristles get stuck. Orb-weaving spiders take ...

One surprising way to fight obesity is by shaking your legs while sitting ... While it’s often seen as bad behaviour, experts say that leg shaking can actually help you burn calories without ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory ...

While this type of hair loss is often the most noticeable, you can lose hair from virtually any part of your body, including your legs. Gradual leg hair loss is also common with aging in both men ...