Most camouflage in the animal kingdom works by blending an animal into its background or copying the appearance of another creature that predators avoid. A newly described spider from the Ecuadorian ...

A tiny spider in China's Yunnan rain forest has stunned scientists by seeming to be a curled dead leaf hanging from a strand of silk. Researchers say the orb-weaver may be a previously unknown species ...

It's a spider trapped in fossilized tree resin, but it looks a lot like an ant. In the creature-eat-creature world of nature, avoiding predators is a high-stakes game that requires ingenuity. Exhibit ...