Why do spider webs have zigzag designs? New research reveals how they act like vibration alarms to help the spider sense its ...

A massive colony of spiders lives in a giant 1,140-square-foot spider web stretches along a narrow passage inside a cave, and ...

After a brief foray into creatures big, flashy, and famous, we must return to form and focus on the spineless, creepy, and crawling. Today we’re shining a spotlight on one of the most loathèd ...

With a central "body" and eight "legs", scientists have confirmed they are decoys made by smaller spiders to look like larger ...

A professor at a Maryland university is asking for the public's help with tracking the movements of the giant Joro spider, a ...

A Washington College professor is calling on residents in the state to help track the expansion of the Jorō spider ...

A Washington College professor is calling on residents in the Baltimore area and on the Eastern Shore to help track the ...

In a remarkable display of nature’s wonders, scientists have unearthed the world’s largest spider web in a pitch-black cave ...

Two spider species have developed a remarkable defense mechanism by crafting decoys resembling larger spiders.

< New additions to the spider laboratory: the tiny spiderlings of the Australian golden orb-weaver spi ... Copyright: Karin Kaiser/MHH. The Spider Silk Laboratory at MHH is seeing a decline in spider ...

JUST days before I’m A Celebrity 2025 kicks off, the famous camp is set to be over-run with blood-sucking leeches due to heavy rainfall and floods. Household names like Lisa Riley, Ruby Wax ...