Born in Leeds, Joe finished his Spanish degree in 2018 before becoming an English teacher to football (soccer) players and managers, as well as collaborating with various football media outlets in ...

The diminutive spider measures in at less than a quarter of an inch in size and was discovered on a remote nature preserve Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has ...

Entomologists working on the Isle of Wight in England rediscovered a species missing for 40 years. Screengrab from the National Trust Isle of Wight’s Facebook post The year was 1985. “Back to the ...

Spiders can be found in spades this time of year, both the fake Halloween variety as well as a large yellow species crawling around certain parts of South Carolina. Arachnophobia aside, not much about ...

Wolf spiders have a reputation for being intimidating, and it’s easy to see why. They’re fast, hairy, and large enough to make anyone jump when one scurries across the floor. In Australia and the ...

Autumn is a beautiful season, filled with vibrant colors, crisp air, sweet treats, and tons of festivities. What’s more, it’s also mating season for many spiders. If you notice an increase in the ...

It might not reflect well on us that a spider as aptly named as the brown recluse is so misunderstood. While many people know the truth about the brown recluse — that it is not aggressive, but a “shy, ...

What's worse than an ant bite? A fire ant bite. Fire ants, as their name might suggest, are reddish insects with stingers and venom pouches that they may use to attack areas of exposed skin, according ...

Third-grader Skyler Hutto led the effort to make the Carolina Wolf Spider the official arachnid of South Carolina. Wolf spiders eat cockroaches, ants and flies. Wolf spiders have eight eyes, and the ...