Texas is home to some of the creepiest, crawliest, and otherwise oddest animals on the planet. We introduce you to them in What in Tarnation?!, an occasional series. More than three thousand caves lie ...

Claim to fame: Despite being familiar sights in the Ozarks, there is a large amount of misinformation associated with these creatures. They are not insects, but they're not spiders, either. They're ...

Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) are a common and widespread group, the most familiar of which are recognizable by their small, rounded bodies and long, slender legs ('daddy long-legs'). Their fossil ...

Harvestmen, or daddy longlegs, are common around East Texas. Worldwide there are more than 37 families of harvestmen, with 18 species reported in Texas. They may scare many people but they are ...

This is a cross section through the eyes of a harvestman – more commonly known as a daddy longlegs. This arachnid is often misidentified as a spider, but it belongs to its own biological order, ...