Welcome to season of camel crickets, derived from the rounded hump on the insect's back. They're also commonly known as cave or spider crickets, or even "criders" or "sprickets." ...

What happens when a tractor sits untouched for years? This video documents the surprising moment we uncovered a machine completely full of spider webs and the long process of cleaning it out. At 41, ...

David joined Raw Story in 2023 after nearly a decade of writing about the legal industry for Bloomberg Law. He is also a co-founder and a commissioning editor at Hypatia Press, a publisher that ...

PUSHKAR, India (AP) — India's desert town of Pushkar, nestled in the arid plains of Rajasthan, has transformed into a vibrant festival ground as hundreds of camels, draped in tassels, colorful beads ...

A creepy, crawly object in the middle of the Milky Way can now be seen clearer than ever thanks to work by RIT scientists. The Red Spider Nebula, catalogued as NGC 6537 and named for its distinct ...

LANDENBERG, Pa.—When Milan Jevtitch finished his Ph.D in chemical engineering in 1986, he got a job right away at Procter & Gamble. He climbed the corporate ladder, bought a spacious four-bedroom home ...

Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. But humans aren’t the only creatures who decorate their abodes. Spiders bedeck their webs with “stabilimenta”—various woven ...

Most climate reports are bleak. Temperatures are soaring. Sea levels are rising. Companies are missing—or abandoning—their emissions targets. But a new report from the nonprofit Energy & Climate ...

PHILADELPHIA — It’s easy to forget sometimes that Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith is one of the most talented players at his position in the NFL. For the past four years, most of the attention and ...

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For residents of the southeastern United States, fall signals the return of Joro spiders—huge, bright yellow arachnids from Asia—haunting porches, gardens, and just about anywhere big enough for ...