Every fall, thousands of male tarantulas abandon their burrows and roam the American Southwest, but the word "migration" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up photo of a funnel-web spider on its web looking at the camera. There seems to be no ideal number of legs. Humans have ...

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It might be hard to imagine, but dropping a limb or two is routine for spiders. If molting goes wrong or a leg gets stuck, the pragmatic arachnids simply detach the limb just beyond the body joint.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...