They are small songbirds, but they are deadly. The loggerhead shrike, or "butcherbird," is slowly declining in Ohio.

Batman has battled DC's biggest and baddest names, but how would he tangle with Spider-Man's animalistic enemies?

You probably think of snakes as fearsome predators that sit near the top of the food chain. While that is often true, snakes ...

Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy for the spiders' tiny muscles to support.

There are all kinds of ways that a spider can catch its prey, but few species are as extreme as the slingshot spider! Hosted ...

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

Spider web “decorations” may help arachnids to pinpoint the location of their captured prey, suggests a study. The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged ...

Step aside, Van Gogh. Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival. New research shows that several orb-weaving species construct giant web-mounted “doppelgängers” convincing enough to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not ...

Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might suppose. Arachnids provide essential services for ...

Halloween may be over, but creepy crawlies like daddy longlegs and other spiders still haunt the hills and dales of Vallejo and Solano County. Despite their scary reputation, most spiders aren’t ...