The Darwin’s bark spider silk has a tensile strength of around 1.6 gigapascals, several times stronger than structural iron, ...

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

Spider plants are low-maintenance houseplants, but you still need to feed them. Nutrients run out in a pot, and this liquid option may be the best solution.

Spider monkeys share “insider knowledge” about where to find the best fruit trees in the forest rather than foraging at random, research has found. The monkeys constantly change their social subgroups ...

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 ...

In this video I take you through a full feeding day with all 21 of my pets. I start with my jumping spiders and frogs, then ...

The claim sounds precise enough to pass as true. Eight spiders a year, eaten while asleep. It’s the kind of fact people insist they picked up in school or heard repeated often enough to trust. The ...

When temperatures drop, critters outside may come into your home looking for warmth. If you see more spiders than usual spinning webs in neglected corners, tiny cracks, or other undisturbed spots, you ...

In recent years, the news has been full of reports of invasive pests that range from annoying to dangerous. One such invasive pest was the Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) which was first reported ...

Orb-weaving spiders create iconic wheel-shaped webs, like the one in the video. They view silk as a valuable resource, especially given the protein needed to create it. Because webs are intricate to a ...

The giant structure — made up of thousands of individual funnel-shaped webs — spans over 1,000 square feet. Image credits: Marek Audy You might not recognize the name Tegenaria domestica, but you’ve ...