Female Asian hermit spiders gobble up their partners after mating, so males detach their penises and sometimes offer up an amputated leg to escape.

The spider monkey’s tail is prehensile, which means “capable of grasping.” It is generally longer than the animal’s body and acts as a fifth limb—an adaptation to life in the tree canopy.

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a ...

Two individuals face federal charges after attempting to smuggle an endangered Mexican spider monkey into the U.S. at the ...

Today animal species’ names follow guidelines set ... German arachnologist Peter Jäger says he named his spider H. davidbowie for both purposes. “Of course,” he says of the singer ...

This is especially true for spider monkeys since they have prehensile tails.” How is the monkey recovering after having his arm amputated? Sully stayed overnight at the zoo’s L3 Harris Animal ...

Mar. 7, 2025 — When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of ...

A reader captured this spider nest in the Kruger National Park. Our expert explains. Vanessa Nieuwoudt from Pretoria writes: I took this photo in the Kruger National Park. Which spiders live in such ...

A 10-month-old spider monkey at a Florida zoo had to have its arm amputated after it was involved in a freak accident. The incident occurred last week when Sully weaved his arm through mesh-style ...