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

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 ...

Spiders are also affected. The same source reports that vinegar acts as both a repellent and, on direct contact, a killing ...

In the depths of the Peruvian jungle, the Brown family encounter the purple-kneed tarantula. But does it actually exist?

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

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

"Scientists have overlooked this species for so long," said Kyushu University entomologist Ryōta Seki in a statement.

Last December, in the quiet week between Christmas and January, I walked a few blocks to my office and put away the holiday decorations for another year. I knew the ...

The thick, tuberous roots store water, and that is why they can survive for much longer than other houseplants. When repotting, it is amazing how they fill the pot completely with roots. Although it ...

At Brazil's Butantan Institute, Ricardo Bassini-Silva identified mite larvae feeding on a millimeter-scale specimen in the museum's archive.

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

There are nearly 60 tarantula species inhabiting the forests and jungles of Colombia. Learn more about these unique species ...