Spiders seem to hang out in all kinds of places, from those that build trapdoors, to some that live in caves or even in your ...

Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves ...

Genetically related to trapdoor spiders, they have gigantic fangs. "We know very little about them for such a large, impressive spider." Troglomorphism is the term applied to animals that evolved to ...

Spiders living in caves show how tiny genetic changes can reshape vision or cause complete blindness over generations.

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Now, a study has honed in on the development of a spider species found within caves, and looking closer ... a role in the development of eyes in spiders in the genus regardless of their overall ...

Spiders play an important role in cave ecosystems as predators ... While vision is a key sensory system for many animals, species that live in complete darkness must rely on alternative sensory ...

Troglomorphism is the term applied to animals that evolved to live in the complete darkness of a cave. "They're globally significant because they're among the most troglomorphic primitive spiders ...