Two genus in particular show off the incredible variety of color, shape, and pattern that orb-weavers are capable of wearing. Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife ...

Its more official common name is “crablike spiny orb weaver.” Whatever you call it, the critter really is more like a crab than an arachnid, because it has a hard spiny shell. It was “starting his ...

Like the glitter and glare of Las Vegas beckoning tourists to the gambling tables, the orb-weaving spiny spider flashes its colorful back to lure unsuspecting quarry into its web. The discovery of ...

If you have been to Quintana Beach lately, you may have noticed weird, spiky shells spread along the shore. While surveying for non-breeding shorebirds along Quintana Beach, I came across these shells ...