TORONTO, October 22, 2009 — New research shows that male suitors of a female cannibalistic spider risk facing a premature death unless they perform an adequate courtship lasting a minimum of 100 ...

If men think finding a nice partner to settle down and raise children with is tough, consider the plight of the male Australian redback spider. Instead of personality conflicts, spats over in-laws and ...

Female Australian redback spiders have unique ways of controlling who fathers their offspring, Canadian researchers say. Lindsay Snow and Dr Maydianne Andrade of the University of Toronto report that ...

Sex is fast and scary for some male spiders. And the outcome isn't the most comfortable for the females, either. Copulation is so treacherous for the males, in fact, that some castrate themselves ...