Whether it's a sudden dash across the garage or silhouette in a backyard web, spiders evoke fear in many people. But ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

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Michigan's wet, cold weather is revealing springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter. The tiny "bugs" are known for their haphazard jumping, which has earned them ...

Trump wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on peace board Homeowners don’t want to move. It’s a big deal for their shrinking backyards. Scripps News obtains new records involving ICE officer who ...

Over the course of millennia, insects, spiders, and other arthropods in tropical forests have evolved in response to natural weather cycles like the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). With climate ...

It’s mutualism we’ll mostly look at today. Two types of mutualism occur in animal relationships. Obligate mutualism is when both species depend on the interaction for survival. Facultative mutualism ...

Fossils usually leave us with bones turned to stone, the hard remains of creatures long gone. But every so often, nature offers something far rarer — a glimpse of soft tissue that survived for ...

Pycnogonum litorale, adult female feeding on a sea anemone. Credit: Georg Brenneis In a scientific first, researchers have mapped the sea spider’s entire genome in high resolution, uncovering a ...

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...

Paleontologists have identified a new finger-sized hunter from the Cambrian seas, whose fossils preserve eyes, nerves, gut, and even traces of blood. The creature, named Mosura fentoni, prowled ...

Paleontologists in England discovered the existence of a new marine species that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and nicknamed the headless arthropod “Sue” after one of their mothers, according ...