Look closer
Explore how spiders are built, the remarkable things their bodies can do, and how keepers can recognise when something may be wrong. Clear explanations, primary research, and photographs from the Introvertebrates collection.
Three ways in
Each guide distinguishes what is visible in your photographs, what is supported by published research, and what still carries uncertainty.
Body regions, sensory organs, mouthparts, spinnerets, respiration, and the hybrid mechanics behind eight moving legs.
Explore the body 02 · BiologyBallooning in electric fields, blue structural colour, vibration-rich silk, regenerated limbs, and hearing without ears.
Read six remarkable facts 03 · CareA careful, non-diagnostic guide to difficult molts, injury, dehydration, parasites, fungal growth, and warning signs.
Read the keeper guideTwo major lineages
“True spider” is sometimes used informally for Araneomorphae, but it can give the wrong impression. Tarantulas, many trapdoor spiders, and their mygalomorph relatives are every bit as much members of the spider order Araneae.
Mygalomorphae
Araneomorphae
Read the primary literature: Opatova et al. - Mygalomorphae phylogeny and evolution; Garrison et al. - the spider tree of life; Sharma - book-lung evolution; Hedin et al. - a tarantula genome compared across spider evolution.
Norwegian-language · For children
A Norwegian-language animal and nature project for children. It shares the curiosity behind Introvertebrates through broad, story-led encounters with invertebrates, reptiles, birds, mammals, wildlife, and their habitats.
Follow the close-ups
A visual thread through the collection. Selected cards open their exact public posts, while the animal profiles bring matching photos and reels into their wider biological context.
