Male wolf spiders had better watch out before attempting to mate with unfamiliar females, or else they may be eaten. Postdoctoral researcher Eileen Hebets of Cornell University investigated how female ...

The scary-looking, ominously-named wolf spider is actually a beneficial insect. Wolf spiders belong to the class Arachnida and are members of the family Lycosidae (derived from the Greek word lycos, ...

Female wolf spiders make for discerning mates. If they aren’t satisfied by the end of sex, they eat their partners alive. That might explain – tangentially – why Matthew Persons, an American biology ...

In the Arctic, the wolf spider is a carnivorous beast. With climate change, biologists have discovered the spiders surprisingly shift their tastes, and in doing so, could have a cooling effect in ...

Male wolf spiders that engage in a complex “dance” performance when they encounter a receptive female are more successful in courtship, a new study has found. Across the animal kingdom, creatures have ...

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 ...