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

No one saw this coming, not even him.

A spider this small should be easy to overlook, yet it behaves like a full-scale predator with frightening efficiency. This ...

Cute dog Maymo battles a giant spider for Halloween. Maymo is excited to meet the giant inflatable spider in the living room, ...

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

As Jessiah Hahs Brinkley and other insect enthusiasts lead the charge in challenging perceptions, the potential for ...

William J. Baerg was a naturalist, entomologist and teacher who served as head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville for 31 years. His research on black widow ...

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.

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 ...

Deep in Madagascar’s rainforests lives a spider no bigger than a coin, easy to miss and rarely noticed. Yet this tiny ...

Jeez. It takes convincing but spiders, scary as they are, perform a critical function in nature. Here are 7 reasons we should ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute used a robot to mimic common big-eared bats' echolocation skills ...