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

Cold temperatures and harsh weather conditions are bad news for most animals, including spiders. But these creatures aren’t ...

If we can get beyond our fears, spiders, beetles, caterpillars and other creepy-crawlies can make for fine family companions.

“Janet Echelman: Radical Softness” at Sarasota Art Museum showcases four decades of Echelman’s ethereal sculptures and ...

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

A Taranaki biologist is overjoyed after discovering what is thought to be a new species of spider. Regional council biodiversity officer Sandra Sánchez found the specimen on a routine visit at a north ...

A regional council biodiversity officer Sandra Sánchez found the specimen on a routine visit at a north Taranaki Key Native Ecosystem after she noticed some unusual spider tunnels. A close inspection ...

The Trump administration wants to make economic impacts a factor in what was previously a science-based decision on what's ...

The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials. They have a central structure ...