They called it Damarchus inazuma, after a Japanese manga character in the "One Piece." ...

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

Scientists at UC Davis have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close relative of Aptostichus simus, ...

Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

A spotted orb weaver is shown in its web Upcountry. It is one of approximately 205 species of spiders in Hawaii, of which an estimated 77 species have been introduced by people accidentally or ...

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

A spider no larger than a coin has upended what scientists thought they knew about natural materials. Discovered in the wilds ...

(WGHP) — We’ve all been doing yard work or cleaning out the basement and experienced that jolt of fear when a spider crawls out from nowhere right towards us. Stay on top of breaking news and weather ...

In this extract from "The Lives of Spiders: A Natural History of the World's Spiders," author Ximena Nelson examines three species of spider with unusual diets — plants, blood and pill bugs. When you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A macro shot of a jumping spider covered in tiny ice crystals, sitting on a frost-dusted leaf in a winter landscape.© A-Z Animals ...