Native spiders tend to live in areas unaltered by people, finding their home in rainforests and mountaintops. The happy-faced spider is perhaps the most famous of these; she makes cameo ...

but an individual spider monkey will wait about two to four years before giving birth again. Infants are born with full body hair except for the bare skin around the eyes of their “baby face.” ...

Scientists suggest social spiders are more about going with the flow than sticking to a role, after new research challenges the idea of fixed personalities.