Sometimes, the best survival strategy is disguising yourself like something no one wants to eat, much less mess with and dig ...

Spiders can be fascinating, scary, or a little of both! Whether they’re dancing, hunting, or being a pain in the nose, these ...

Even though its brain is smaller than a grain of rice, this spider plans ahead, adapts mid-hunt and outsmarts prey larger ...

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual ...

The discovery started at the Zoological Collections Laboratory in Pinheiral, Rio de Janeiro. While examining young spiders, ...

What looked like a pearl necklace on a tiny spider turned out to be parasitic mite larvae. Scientists identified the mites as a new species, marking the first record of its family in Brazil. The ...

Researchers collected the unfortunate arachnids near grottos and caves in Rio de Janeiro state, a region similar to where ...

Scientists have uncovered a 400-million-year-old genetic secret that gave spiders the ability to produce silk and weave their ...

If someone told you there’s a spider in Hawaiʻi with a smiley face on its back, you might assume they’re exaggerating. Or ...

Spiders often appear in homes for simple reasons, such as seeking shelter and food. Most of the species are not only harmless but also eat the insects in your home that you dislike.

Researchers discover the "Assamese Spiny Ant" in Guwahati’s Garbhanga Reserve Forest, highlighting urban forest biodiversity.

An ancient ancestor of spiders and relatives doubled its genome about 400 million years ago, setting the stage for the ...