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

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the heaviest body. A few species are genuine monsters on both counts. Others are ...

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, formally named 125 plants and 65 fungi in 2025, including a zombie fungus that parasitizes Brazilian spiders, a bloodstained orchid from Ecuador, and a ...

Over the past year, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the U.K., officially named 125 plants and 65 fungi. The new-to-science species include a parasitic fungus that turns Brazilian ...

Spiders are arachnids, a class of arthropods closely related to scorpions, mites, and ticks. With over 45,000 species, ...

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Citharacanthus cyaneus, the Cuban orange and violet tarantula, is popular in the pet trade for its vivid metallic violet and coppery-orange coloring. There are over 700 islands in the Caribbean Sea, ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kellen Thames scored 16 points off of the bench to help lead Saint Louis Billikens past Richmond Spiders 88-63 on Saturday. Thames added five rebounds for the Billikens (17-1, 5-0 ...

Richmond Spiders, Va. (AP) Derek Simpson had 19 points in Saint Joseph's Hawks (PA)'s 67-65 victory over Richmond on Sunday. Simpson, who surpassed 1,000 career points, added a career-high 13 rebounds ...