That's why, paleobiologist George Poinar Jr. explains, some spider species have developed the defense of deception. They masquerade as a much less desirable prey—ants—and Poinar's recent paper ...

An accused teenage hacker who was arrested last month in California is suspected of being a member of the notorious cybercrime group Scattered Spider, according to several people familiar with the ...

Over the course of their lives, the jumping spider Synemosyna formica wears two different ant disguises to fool preying birds. From above, the spiders appear to have slim bodies with three segments, ...